Luminary Chat
Self-hosted character chat with user-owned provider keys, editable memory, independent characters and a 3D companion home.
The problem it solves
Luminary Chat Gold · v2.1.1 · released as-is. Future features and maintenance are discretionary.
Who Luminary Chat is for
- People reviewing ai prompts, outputs, evidence, or workflows who need explicit boundaries.
- Users working with character chat, BYOK, memory who want the documented v2.1.1 behavior.
- People who prefer an open-source release with visible limitations, source, and license terms.
Intended result
Self-hosted character chat with user-owned provider keys, editable memory, independent characters and a 3D companion home.
This summary is reconciled from the current catalog and repository documentation.
Features in v2.1.1
Capabilities below come from the current project README and release documentation.
Gold · v2.1.1 · released as-is. Future features and maintenance are discretionary.
Self-hosted Character chat with Venice/OpenRouter BYOK, separate characters, conversations, summaries, editable memory, rooms, import/export and a 3D companion home.
Verified examples
Screenshots are shown only when the current README references a local source image. Otherwise, repository example files are linked directly.
Verified release evidence
This project does not currently publish a screenshot or dedicated example folder. The current README, tests, changelog, tagged release, and source repository remain the verified examples of its behavior.
Platforms and implementation
The public release claims only the cataloged platforms and technologies.
Supported platforms
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
Built with
- PHP
- Laravel
- SQLite
- JavaScript
- Three.js
Changelog
Release notes from the canonical v2.1.1 source tag.
- Preserve empty runtime directory markers in the source archive while rejecting logs, databases and private configuration.
- Standalone open-source release with installation and deployment documentation.
- No production accounts, content, credentials, analytics or Forge integrations in distribution.
- Gold: released as-is; future maintenance and features are discretionary.
Quick start
The shortest documented path into the current release.
Requires PHP 8.3+ (PDO SQLite, mbstring, OpenSSL, fileinfo, DOM/XML, curl), Composer 2 and Node.js 22.12+ with npm. Linux, macOS and Windows with those runtimes are supported.
git clone https://github.com/loganpendragonmultiverse/luminary-chat.git
cd luminary-chat
php install.php
php artisan app:create-admin
php artisan serve --host=127.0.0.1 --port=8000Open http://localhost:8000. Shell and PowerShell launchers are supplied. Installation creates a new encryption key and empty SQLite database. No default account is shipped. An existing .env and key are preserved; review configuration before rerunning migrations.
Current limitations
These boundaries are part of the product and prevent the page from implying unverified capability.
The current v2.1.1 release is bounded by the behavior documented in its README and changelog. It does not claim unsupported platforms, automatic interpretation, or results beyond the evidence it produces.
Privacy and licensing
Review the actual data boundary before using a tool with sensitive inputs.
Privacy and safety
No privacy behavior beyond the current repository documentation is claimed. Review the source, security policy, and input/output behavior before using sensitive material.
License and release
Luminary Chat is published under MIT + attributed assets. The current cataloged release is v2.1.1, published 2026-10-17.
Related projects
Related projects are selected deterministically from shared catalog tags, category, and implementation technologies—not popularity or paid placement.
Luminary Chat v2.1.1
Use the tagged release for downloads and release notes. Use the repository for source, issues, contribution guidance, security reporting, and complete documentation.
Page source: current Forge catalog plus README and CHANGELOG from the canonical GitHub release tag. Fingerprint: 64f73df60f7e3626.