Backyard AI

Run AI character chat locally with an easy desktop app.

Backyard AI is one of 20 local & on-device ai in the Tool Hut catalog. Track it alongside your other AI tools, see what it costs you each month, and resurface it when you forget you're paying for it.

• local
• characters
• roleplay
• desktop

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