Interactive AI stories

Stories you can take part in.

Ryokan is a free app for stories told through conversation with an AI. Choose a character, write your reply, and see what happens next. You bring the model – running locally or through a cloud API.

Download for Android Download for Windows

Choose the Android APK or Windows installer. Ryokan is free; cloud providers may charge for model usage.

See the app

Ryokan on Windows: story selection with Lyvee and Klea — WindowsYour next story starts here.

What you can do with Ryokan

At your desk. On your phone.

A look at Ryokan on Windows and Android.

Start with an idea.

Keep going. Try another path.

Reply freely and explore another direction. You can keep your earlier conversations along the way.

Edit messages
Regenerate replies
Branch conversations

Your characters, your world.

Create characters and roles, or import character cards. Lorebooks add knowledge about your world.

Read the documentation

Ryokan on Android: story selection with Lyvee — AndroidTake your stories with you.

You choose the model.

Connect a local model server or a compatible cloud API. You will need a model set up or an API connection.

Ollama · LM Studio · Cloud APIs

Play on together.

Share an invite link. Friends join in their browser without an installation or their own AI connection.

You hostFriends in a browser

Stored locally.

Local models process requests on your device; cloud requests go to your provider. Multiplayer content is transmitted with end-to-end encryption.

An independent open-source project

The code is part of it.

The app, multiplayer relay, and browser client are fully open source. You can read how they work and develop them further yourself.

Ryokan is being developed. If something does not work or a feature is missing, you can open an issue on GitHub.

Visit the project on GitHub

Native app · Multiplayer relay · Browser client