Key points at a glance
- Xingye is a public character community; Enclave is one world per person, where characters exist only for you.
- Enclave's memory is shared across characters: something you told only A, B will "know" about you too.
- Enclave is MIT open source, self-hostable, with swappable models; Xingye is a closed-source cloud app running the platform's own models.
Side-by-side comparison
| Dimension | Enclave | Xingye |
|---|---|---|
| Product positioning | A private AI world: companionship + long-term memory + real work done | An immersive AI character community: roleplay / virtual socializing |
| Community model | Fully private; characters and interactions belong to you alone | Public community; character cards are shareable and others' creations usable |
| Long-term memory | Structured memory shared across characters, manageable entry by entry | Memory centers on individual characters and sessions |
| Open source & self-hosting | MIT open source, self-hostable | Closed source, cloud app |
| Data control | When self-hosted, data stays only on your machine; export / delete anytime | Data stored in the platform's cloud |
| Model choice | Swappable: OpenAI / Anthropic / local Ollama and more (BYOK) | Runs the platform's own models |
How to choose
If what you enjoy is browsing a community, scrolling character cards others created and chatting with popular characters, Xingye's content ecosystem is its moat. If what you want is a world of your own — characters that remember you, know each other, check in on you proactively and deliver real documents — and you care about open source and data sovereignty, Enclave offers a more private and more practical kind of relationship.
FAQ
What is Enclave?
Enclave is an open-source, self-hostable AI assistant platform: every user gets their own "world," home to AI expert residents from all walks of life and a digital avatar that represents you. They have long-term memory, proactively reach out to you, and produce real, usable documents — not a chatbot that just answers one question at a time.Can multiple AI characters do group chat / roleplay together in Enclave?
Yes. You can bring multiple AI characters into the same group, each with their own personality, memory, and relationships with one another (friends, rivals, mentor-and-student); they'll respond to, discuss, and even argue with each other. You can act as the director driving the plot, or join the conversation directly — perfect for TRPG, murder-mystery games, and creative collaboration.Is my conversation data safe? Will it be used for training?
In self-hosted mode, your conversations live only on your own drive — they never leave your machine and are never used by any third party for training. The model layer can connect to cloud APIs like OpenAI and Anthropic, or be swapped for local Ollama / vLLM to run fully offline; you decide which kind of conversation goes to which model.
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