Shaunwei/RealChar

Health v2 · maintenance only

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6213 stars · 776 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

RealChar is an open-source application for creating, customizing, and talking to AI characters/companions in realtime via voice or text. It integrates LLMs (OpenAI GPT-3.5/4, Anthropic Claude), Whisper speech-to-text, ElevenLabs text-to-speech, and Chroma vector DB in a single codebase, with web, mobile, and terminal clients.

Use cases

• create a custom AI companion with its own personality and voice
• have realtime voice conversations with an AI character
• build a voice chatbot using GPT-4 and ElevenLabs
• talk to AI characters on mobile, web, or terminal
• clone a voice for an AI character
• self-host an AI companion app with memory via vector database

When to choose

• you want an all-in-one, self-hostable realtime AI character app with voice
• you need multi-platform clients (web, mobile, terminal) from one codebase
• you want modular swapping of LLM, STT, and TTS providers

When to avoid

• you only need a text-based chatbot library to embed in your own app
• you want a fully managed hosted service without running your own API keys and infrastructure
• you need production-grade enterprise support or fine-grained multi-tenant controls

Facets

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llm-inference speech-recognition tts rag chatbot agent-framework web-framework artificial-intelligence large-language-models chatbots speech-processing cross-platform cli python ai-companion voice-chat realtime-conversation character-creation elevenlabs whisper openai anthropic-claude chroma-vector-db voice-clone natural-language-processing web-server docker mobile javascript

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