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CharacterVault 1.0.0 ​

First stable release. CharacterVault is a browser-only app for creating, editing, and organizing SillyTavern-compatible character cards (V2/V3). Data stays in your browser via IndexedDB. No account is required for core use.

Try it: https://vault.charactervault.app
Docs: https://vault.charactervault.app/docs/

Highlights ​

Fresh UI ​

  • Full visual refresh across the vault, editor, settings, and AI Creation Studio
  • Softer palette, cleaner cards, and consistent semantic theme tokens (including a VS Code Dark+ style dark theme)
  • Settings pickers and sheets feel smoother, especially on phones
  • Layout is clearer without changing the core workflow

AI Context and Orion ​

  • AI Context panel streamlined: pin card sections from one list, selected chips, compact token usage
  • Context no longer auto-follows the open editor tab. You choose what Orion and the AI toolbar receive
  • Pins save and restore across sessions; Clear all truly empties context
  • Optional chip to include the section you are currently editing
  • Ask Orion refreshed: clearer empty state, live context status strip, cleaner composer
  • Response stats (TTFT, speed, model) on hover or tap, without clipping long model names
  • Leaner memory use while chatting: context is resolved only when you send, and streaming buffers are freed after each reply

Editor AI ​

  • Ghost preview: Enhance, Rephrase, Custom, and polish tools show suggestions as soft ghost text on your selection
  • Accept / Reject from the strip, Ctrl+Enter / Cmd+Enter, or Escape
  • Thinking stays collapsed unless you open it
  • Typing is paused during suggestions; saves wait until Accept, Reject, or cancel
  • Payload preview ({ } on the toolbar): inspect the full request body before anything is sent, switch tools, copy, no network call

Per-tool models ​

  • Assign a different model (and provider / base URL) to each toolbar tool under Settings → Prompts
  • Unmapped tools keep using the global AI Config model
  • Custom prompt mapping also drives Lorebook AI trigger-key generation
  • Orion and AI Creation Studio still use the main model from AI Config

NanoGPT and reasoning ​

  • Sign in with NanoGPT (PKCE) from AI Config, with models fetched after sign-in
  • Account card: balance, subscription status, and weekly usage when available
  • Expanded reasoning effort ladder (Minimal through Max / Extra high), with request repair when a provider rejects a value
  • Sampler context length up to 1M tokens, plus smarter packing of large lorebooks and greeting lists

Vault and library ​

  • Backup the whole library as a ZIP
  • Bulk import and drag-and-drop PNG/JSON
  • Sort by name or recent; search by name and tags
  • Active / total token estimates on cards
  • Quick PNG or JSON export from card actions
  • Streamed exports and lighter memory behavior for large collections

Mobile ​

  • Greetings and Lorebook use the full screen instead of a short half panel
  • Model and provider pickers as searchable bottom sheets
  • Improved touch targets, list cards, and panel chrome

Other capabilities (stable platform) ​

  • Full V2/V3 card editing: description, personality, scenario, greetings, lorebook, creator notes, extensions, and more
  • Customizable section tabs (show, hide, reorder)
  • In-editor spellcheck (English Hunspell, personal dictionary, ignore list)
  • Snapshots and section or full-card rollback
  • AI Creation Studio for generating cards from concepts or tags
  • OpenAI-compatible providers plus NanoGPT; local endpoints welcome
  • Import / export PNG and JSON compatible with SillyTavern-style frontends

Notes and known limits ​

  • Orion and AI Creation Studio use the global AI Config model (not per-tool routing)
  • Temperature, streaming, and thinking settings remain shared
  • Clear AI Settings keeps per-tool model choices and custom prompt text
  • Not every model supports every reasoning effort level; CharacterVault maps to the closest available
  • Payload preview is best-effort; some optional parameters may still be dropped if a provider rejects them
  • NanoGPT account weekly usage / subscription details on self-hosted production may need the optional usage proxy (see docs)
  • NanoGPT PKCE sign-in needs popups allowed; reliability on some mobile browsers varies

Upgrade ​

This is a client-only web app. Opening the hosted site or rebuilding locally is enough; there is no server migration.

bash
git clone https://github.com/spaceman2408/CharacterVault
cd CharacterVault
npm install
npm run dev

Local data in IndexedDB from earlier builds should continue to work. If anything looks off after a major UI change, try a hard refresh.

License ​

GPL-3.0-only

Thanks for using CharacterVault.

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