BYOAIK (Bring Your Own AI Key) is a directory of AI tools that run on your own API key.

Airi

Self-hosted, you-owned AI companion with a VRM/Live2D avatar and real-time voice chat.

Website Source code

Category:
AI Chat Interfaces
Maintenance:
Actively developed (last commit today)
Pricing:
Open Source
Open source:
Yes (MIT)
Self-hostable:
Yes
Local-first:
Yes
Platforms:
Web, Desktop, Mobile, Self-hosted, Docker
AI providers (bring your own key):
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Azure OpenAI, OpenRouter, Groq, Mistral, DeepSeek, xAI Grok, Ollama, Together AI, Fireworks, Custom / OpenAI-compatible
API key storage:
Stored locally on device
Key risk level:
LOW
Trust score:
82/100

Airi (moeru-ai/airi) is an open-source, self-hosted AI virtual companion ("cyber waifu," inspired by Neuro-sama) with VRM and Live2D avatars, real-time voice chat, and even game-playing (Minecraft, Factorio). It runs in the browser (Stage Web at airi.moeru.ai), as a desktop app for Windows/macOS/Linux (Stage Tamagotchi), and as a mobile PWA, plus self-hosted/containerized deployment. Users bring their own keys: the Settings panel (Providers → LLM Providers) exposes apiKey and baseURL fields, and the xsAI adapter supports 30-40+ LLM providers including OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, DeepSeek, xAI Grok, Groq, Mistral, OpenRouter, Azure OpenAI, Together.ai, Fireworks.ai, Ollama, and any OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Voice/TTS is also multi-provider (ElevenLabs, Azure/Microsoft Speech, OpenAI-compatible TTS, Alibaba Cloud Model Studio, local Kokoro TTS). MIT licensed and free.

Why this trust score (82/100)

Trust measures how the tool treats your API key and how much of that has been verified. It contains no popularity signal.

  • Key Safety 23/25: The key is held on your own device.
  • Request Routing 17/20: Requests go straight from you to the AI provider.
  • Transparency 20/20: Source is public under MIT, so anyone can check how the key is handled.
  • Privacy 11/15: Local-first: it works without sending your data anywhere. Can be self-hosted, so the data path stays inside infrastructure you control. Analytics or error-reporting libraries are present; what they send was not established.
  • Maintenance 10/10: Actively developed: commits within the last three months.
  • Verification Confidence 1/10: Compiled from public documentation by an AI-assisted pass, not independently confirmed.

What was checked

Verification tier RESEARCH_ASSISTED, derived from the evidence below and not set by hand.

  • [REPORTED · RESEARCH] This listing was compiled by an AI-assisted research pass over the tool's public website, README and documentation. No person independently confirmed it.
  • [STRONG · SOURCE_SCAN] Supports a local model backend, so it can run with no cloud provider key at all. source
  • [REPORTED · SOURCE_SCAN] References PostHog, so some analytics or error reporting is present. This scan cannot tell whether it is opt-in or what it sends. source
  • [CONFIRMED · SOURCE_SCAN] Most recent commit 2026-08-15, about 0 month(s) ago. source

How your API key is handled

Your API key is stored locally on your device. Requests are sent directly to the AI provider. Because it can be self-hosted, your key never has to touch a third-party backend.

Setup

Open settings, paste your provider API key, choose a model, and start. The key stays on your device.