About fictio
fictio is an AI character chat and roleplay platform at fictio.ai, created by Chutes, the decentralized, serverless inference platform for open-source AI models.
On fictio you create AI characters, worlds and interactive experiences, then chat with them in branching conversations using the newest open-source models. Your chat messages are encrypted on your device.
What you can do on fictio
Start from a community character or an experience, or build your own.
Characters
Write characters with a bio, personality, scenario, example dialogue, multiple greetings and an optional custom system prompt. Keep them private or publish them, and invite collaborators to edit with you.
Branching chats
Every conversation is a message tree. Rerolling a reply creates a new branch, and you can switch between branches at any time. Long chats get automatic summaries, and characters can keep memories.
Group chats
Put 2 to 6 AI characters in one scene and play it out together.
Experiences
Packaged interactive scenarios (adventures, roleplays, games, stories and simulations) with their own custom HTML and CSS pages.
Lore
Reusable world-building entries that trigger always, by keyword, or manually, organized into collections.
Plugins
Simple plugins are visual rules. Advanced plugins are JavaScript hooks that run server-side in a sandbox.
Personas, prompts and rules
Choose who you are in a chat with personas, shape how the model writes with system prompts, and set your own character rules. Template tags such as {{user}} and {{char}} fill in names for you.
Custom styling
Style character pages and your profile with full HTML and CSS, and customize card colors, fonts, borders and glow.
Studio and voice
Generate images from text or from another image, turn images into video, and listen to replies with text-to-speech.
Ember
fictio's AI assistant for building characters and other content.
Published chats
Publish a chat as a transcript that other people can read.
Built by Chutes
fictio was created by Chutes, and fictio's platform, branding and technology belong to Chutes. Chutes announced “fictio by Chutes” on January 6, 2026.
In its own words, Chutes is:
“a decentralized, serverless inference platform for open-source AI models”
“the leading open-source, decentralized compute provider for deploying, scaling and running open-source models in production”
Chutes runs on Bittensor subnet 64, and every model in its catalog currently runs in a trusted execution environment (TEE). Every AI reply, image, video and voice clip on fictio is generated on Chutes.
AI models
fictio uses the full live Chutes catalog of open-source language models, including Qwen, DeepSeek, Kimi, GLM, Gemma, Mistral and Nemotron models. You can switch models in the middle of a chat, and new open models arrive shortly after release. Studio image generation (text-to-image and image-to-image), image-to-video and text-to-speech also run on Chutes.
Privacy and encryption
Your chat messages and chat summaries are encrypted on your device and stored as ciphertext, so fictio can't read your stored messages. Images in your chats, persona avatars and Studio creations are locked with a key only you hold, so fictio can't read them either; images you put on public characters, your profile or a published chat use a shareable key so others can see them. When you publish a chat, fictio stores a readable copy of that transcript so others can open it.
To generate a reply, the conversation is sent to the selected model for inference on Chutes. Every model in the Chutes catalog currently runs in a trusted execution environment (TEE), and the Chutes privacy policy says: “We do not log, store, or persist the content of your API requests or responses.”
fictio's termssay: “We don't train AI on your content or sell your data.”
Accounts and usage
You sign in to fictio with Sign in with Chutes. If you don't have a Chutes account yet, you can create one on Chutesor from fictio's sign-up page.
Generation uses your Chutes plan's quota, and early-access accounts get a daily allowance. See Chutes plans for current plans. You can browse public characters and experiences without signing in.
For adults 18+
fictio is for adults only: you must be at least 18 years old to use it. All content on fictio must follow the content policy.
Community
Share what you've made, report bugs and suggest features in the fictio Discord.
Frequently asked questions
What is fictio?
fictio is an AI character chat and roleplay platform at fictio.ai, created by Chutes. You can create AI characters, worlds and interactive experiences, and chat with them in branching conversations using open-source AI models served by Chutes.
Who makes fictio?
fictio was created by Chutes (chutes.ai), a decentralized, serverless inference platform for open-source AI models. fictio's platform, branding and technology belong to Chutes, which announced "fictio by Chutes" on January 6, 2026.
Which AI models does fictio use?
fictio uses the full live catalog of open-source language models on Chutes, including Qwen, DeepSeek, Kimi, GLM, Gemma, Mistral and Nemotron models. You can switch models in the middle of a chat, and new open models arrive shortly after release. Image generation, image-to-video and text-to-speech also run on Chutes.
Is fictio private? Are my chats encrypted?
Your chat messages and chat summaries are encrypted on your device and stored as ciphertext, so fictio can't read your stored messages. Images in your chats, persona avatars and Studio creations are locked with a key only you hold, so fictio can't read them either; images you put on public characters, your profile or a published chat use a shareable key so others can see them. To generate a reply, the conversation is sent to the model for inference on Chutes, whose privacy policy says: "We do not log, store, or persist the content of your API requests or responses."
Do I need a Chutes account?
Yes, to chat. You sign in to fictio with Sign in with Chutes, and you can create a Chutes account when you sign up. Generation uses your Chutes plan's quota, and early-access accounts get a daily allowance. Current Chutes plans are listed at chutes.ai/pricing. You can browse public characters and experiences without signing in.
Does fictio train AI on my content?
No. fictio's terms say: "We don't train AI on your content or sell your data."
Can I make my own characters, experiences and plugins?
Yes. You can create characters with a bio, personality, scenario, example dialogue and multiple greetings; build experiences, which are packaged interactive scenarios with their own custom pages; write lore; and make plugins as simple visual rules or as advanced JavaScript hooks that run server-side in a sandbox. Each can be private or public, and the Ember assistant can help you build them.
Can I chat with more than one character at once?
Yes. Group chats put 2 to 6 AI characters in the same scene.
Can I go back and try a different reply?
Yes. Chats on fictio branch: rerolling a reply creates a new branch, and you can switch between branches at any time without losing the others.
Is fictio for adults?
Yes. fictio is for adults only: you must be at least 18 years old to use it. All content on fictio must follow fictio's content policy.