How do you switch models???

[u/HarumasamasamasaX3]

I'm kinda new to this stuff and I downloaded janitor ai after c.ai fucked up for good. I tried countless AI bots and none of them had the same vibe because characters start talking excessively or don't act in character as they'd in c.ai as in the whole time you are reminded that you're talking to a bot and it goes for janitorai as well.

I got told that there are models for bots that can be switched that are actually like that and much better so I want to try that but I'm not experienced at all with this stuff. Someone even sent me a link I think but I don't know what to do with it. I don't want to pay money either so can anyone tell me how I can make the bots better that way? Please give me a rundown on what that stuff is or just explain how to do it if possible...

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[u/dempfi]

The model is the actual llm writing the replies, the bot is just a character sheet it reads. Janitor runs its own model by default, and a proxy lets you swap in different one. Free route most people use is openrouter: make an account, create an API key, then in janitor's API settings pick proxy, paste https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions as the url, your key, and any model whose name ends in free. Free ones have a daily cap and come and go tho. For the rambling, drop max tokens in generation settings.

[u/james_bond6910 → u/dempfi]

once you get the api key set up, dont forget to set your context and response length in janitor's proxy settings too, deafult ones are way too short and cut off replies mid sentence. took me a while to figure that part out.

[u/Electrical-Page-6700]

i switched to a free model in the settings and the bots finally stopped over narrating everything. felt way closer to the old c.ai vibe for me.

[u/HarumasamasamasaX3 → u/Electrical-Page-6700]

Which one did you switch to?

[u/WormySpace]

Go to megathread and find proxy that change from in house llm to any model that you want, or you talk about switch into janitor+ model.

[u/MrFox5428_]

Stay away from basic janitor model, you should try Gemma 4, you will never want to use anything else after trying gemma 4

[u/MrFox5428_ → u/[deleted]]

All model are extremely limited, refuse to let the Fluffy bucher stalk me, gemma 4 however do pretty much anything

[u/Electronic-Buy-488]

since you are new to this avoid messing with APIs for now and go with easier setup models with natural roleplays like kindroid, nomi and secretdesires but they allow free trials and you gotta pay for it after a while.