Hey, I’m looking for a solid self-hosted alternative to Character AI. They recently introduced ID-based age verification, which I’m not comfortable with, so I stopped using it and ended up losing all my chats. I want to avoid that happening again.

I’m looking for a setup I can run myself where chats (including multiple characters or group chats) are safe and fully recoverable. If my server, NAS, or a drive fails, I want to restore everything and continue exactly where I left off. I’m not looking for a backup tutorial, but for a solution that already supports this in a reliable and scalable way.

I’ve checked out a few options, but I’m still unsure what a proper setup and workflow should look like.…