Cadence Core is a private, self-hosted AI companion system for Discord. It’s made for people who want more control over memory, behaviour, LLM choices, and long-term continuity.
Instead of using a closed AI platform, you deploy Cadence to your Railway account with your own API keys and speak to your AI on your own Discord server.
Cadence gives you a Discord-based companion space, plus a private admin dashboard where you can shape how your AI behaves. You can manage memory, prompts, models, channel behaviour, proactive actions, media tools, and exports from one place.
I have no access to your Cadence data. Your memories, prompts, chats, uploads, exports, settings, and API keys live in your own setup.
When you purchase, you get one personal Cadence Core licence key. This includes the current Core feature set and future Core updates at no extra cost.
Core includes tools for:
- editable long-term memory
- channel-specific behaviour and model choices
- proactive messages, schedules, journals, and timed notes
- optional media tools such as images, audio, GIFs, and Spotify
- imports, exports, backups, pruning, and admin controls
You don’t need to set everything up at once. Start with Discord, Railway, OpenRouter, and the basic companion settings. Then add optional tools and more advanced features as you get comfortable.
You’ll need:
- a Discord account and personal Discord server (free)
- a Railway account ($5 a month, with a free 1-month trial)
- an OpenRouter API key (pay as you go)
- your Cadence Core licence key
- optional API keys for extra tools
Third-party services like OpenRouter, Railway, ElevenLabs, getimg.ai, GIPHY, or Spotify each have their own setup needs, costs, limits, and terms.
Cadence is not a one-click hosted chatbot; it's a self-hosted product with guided setup steps. The help library walks you through the process, and the Discord community is there for setup questions, bug reports, and shared support.
That does mean you’ll be responsible for some initial setup yourself. The benefit is that your companion, memory, data, and settings stay much closer to you.
After purchase, your licence key will be sent by email. Licence fulfilment is currently manual while the system is still small and scrappy, so please bear with me if it is not instant.
By purchasing Cadence Core, you agree to the Cadence User Licence Terms and Refund Policy shown in the Terms section of this listing.
Read the Cadence User Licence Terms before buying
Thank you for supporting Cadence, and for giving it a home. ❤️
