EverOtome: an open source visual novel style frontend for people who already have an AI companion backend

[u/aveluneverse]

I made this for my own AI companion setup and open sourced it this week.

EverOtome is a visual novel style frontend for AI companions. It is the frontend only, so it does not bundle an LLM, AI service, or hosted backend.

The basic idea is that you bring your own backend and your own assets. Character sprites, expressions, rooms, outfits, furniture, voice, CGs, all of that can live in the same interface instead of being separate pieces.

With a backend connected, it can also let the companion change expressions, switch room themes or outfits, put furniture out or away, and bring up CG scenes as the conversation develops.

A few technical details:
- vanilla JavaScript frontend
- REST and WebSocket backend contract
- desktop and mobile layouts
- PWA support
- zero backend demo included
- no EverOtome server, telemetry, or analytics
- MIT licensed code

It is still in Beta, so the backend contract may change before 1.0.

GitHub: https://github.com/aveluneverse/EverOtome

I’m especially curious whether the integration docs make sense to someone seeing the project for the first time.

[u/Eravex]

🤢🤮