CielChan: Anime Desktop AI Companion
She lives on your desktop and reacts to what you're doing. Local-first AI companion with voice chat, vision, multiplayer, tools, stream integrations, and optional cloud providers.
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A companion who's there for you.
CielChan is an evolving desktop AI companion, with frequent updates improving performance, accuracy, and features over time.
CielChan starts mostly blank. Use her over time so memories and features can build up. Talk to her anytime by voice or text. Through her local memory system, she can retrieve selected relevant details and become more familiar over time, but she does not remember every conversation perfectly. She stays with you while you work, relax, study, browse, or play.
CielChan can run fully offline on your PC. The included local model is designed for privacy, offline use, and accessibility across a wide range of PCs. For stronger reasoning, faster replies, and higher-quality conversation, advanced users can connect optional cloud AI and voice providers or configure larger compatible local models.
Important Expectations
CielChan is an AI desktop companion, not a human-level autonomous assistant. Responses, memories, and observations can be incorrect, repetitive, delayed, or inconsistent.
What It Feels Like
She is ready to talk, listen, or simply keep you company
She can retrieve selected relevant details through local memory, but does not remember every conversation perfectly
Optional observation can periodically analyze the active window, screenshots, or configured audio and provide contextual comments, though observations may be inaccurate
She can keep you company while you work, browse, study, or relax
She can read to you, chat with you, or quietly exist on your desktop
You can join online rooms where companions and players can chat, interact, and play together
Core Features
Voice conversation with real-time responses
Local memory that retrieves selected relevant details and supports an evolving personality
Animated desktop avatar with expressions and lip sync
Local AI model included, with compatible GGUF model support for advanced users
Periodic or user-triggered vision for screenshots and images; this is not continuous human-like sight and may be inaccurate
Optional desktop awareness through periodic active-window, screenshot, and configured system-audio analysis
Book-reading tools for supported text and ebook files
Stream, chat, browser, and presence integrations where supported and configured
Multiplayer rooms with traditional chat, AI chat, companion auto-chat, remote avatar sharing, Debate Mode, Ciel Social feed rooms, and game invitations
Minigames such as Tic-Tac-Toe, naval-grid games, and other companion activities
Advanced Customization
Import supported VRM, Live2D, and spritesheet avatars; assets must meet the supported formats, and arbitrary models are not guaranteed to work
Customize personality, behavior, voice, UI theme, and assistant settings
Use compatible GGUF models, RVC voice models, and Steam Workshop items; compatibility depends on their format, training, structure, and available hardware
Use custom world and stage-layout tools where supported
Configure local and optional cloud AI routes for advanced setups
CielChan is most refined in English, with ongoing improvements to other supported languages. Responses, voice quality, speech recognition, and available voice options may vary depending on the selected language and installed local assets.
Productivity And Focus Tools
Focus companion mode with timed sessions
Task list and quick notes
Check-ins and reminders
Ambient audio mixer with rain, cafe, and night layers
Procedural white noise
Study and focus themes for quiet work
Offline Core And Privacy
CielChan is local-first and can run fully offline on your PC.
No internet connection is required after installation for offline core features
No account, API key, or subscription is required for offline core features
Conversations and voice data for local features stay on your machine
Optional online features include cloud AI providers, ElevenLabs and other cloud voice services, live-chat and stream integrations, browser and presence integrations, Steam multiplayer, Steam Workshop, and other third-party services. These features may require separate accounts, API keys, configuration, or payments. When enabled, they may send relevant text, audio, images, chat, presence, or account-related data to the selected service according to its policies. Availability depends on third-party platforms and may be interrupted or changed when those platforms update their services.
Offline Core Included
The core chat, included avatar, local speech recognition, local voice, and included AI models work without a subscription. Advanced optional features may require additional setup, downloads, stronger hardware, compatible assets, or third-party services.
Stay Updated
Your companion evolves over time
Early users help shape how she grows
Follow development to stay up to date with future improvements
One-Time Purchase
Pay once
No subscription is required for the offline core experience
Offline core features continue working without cloud services
Performance while multitasking depends on your hardware and enabled AI, vision, and voice features.
