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Their words, still here.Warmth, carried forward.
Build a local AI companion from the conversations you choose to keep. From your first import to a familiar reply, this is where you begin.
Your first conversation starts here.
New to Afterglow, bringing your own chat history, or connecting a client? Take the path you need.
Afterglow documentation
Afterglow is a locally hosted AI companion. It builds retrievable memories and a persona from real chat history, and serves conversations through an OpenAI-compatible API.
The documentation website and GitHub Wiki are generated from this repository. Edit
docs/en/and the corresponding Chinese pages indocs/wiki/through a pull request. Do not edit the Wiki directly.
Getting started
- Quick start: setup wizard, running from source, frontend and client integration
- Configuration: required settings, model roles, authentication and offline use
- Environment variables:
.envfields, defaults, dependencies and security constraints - Docker deployment: containers, mounts and routine operations
- FAQ
- Troubleshooting
Data and imports
- Responsible use and privacy
- Exporting chat history: platform export steps and the exact files to select
- Importing chats
- Afterglow Chat v1 format
- Persona templates
Advanced use
- Configuration editor: for advanced users who need to generate or edit a
.envfile offline - Advanced and experimental features: chat analysis, historical images and proactive messages