Persona AI v0.1.0

Persona AI v0.1.0

First public release of Persona AI — an offline-first psychologist-style avatar with bilingual (Persian / English) chat, Piper TTS, lip-sync, FAQ-grounded RAG, and a Windows desktop app.

Disclaimer: Research / demo assistant only. Not medical advice or a crisis service. See README.

Demo

Watch the demo →

Downloads (Windows x64)

Installer	Notes
NSIS setup (.exe)	Recommended — standard installer
MSI	Enterprise / silent deploy

Verify downloads:

• SHA256.txt in this repo
• Trust & verification guide

VirusTotal (0 malicious detections):

• NSIS setup report
• MSI report

Installers are unsigned; Windows SmartScreen may warn on first run.

Included

• FastAPI backend + web UI (ui/)
• Tauri 2 desktop shell + PyInstaller Python sidecar
• Settings panel (LLM, Piper, RAG, paths) → %APPDATA%\PersonaAI\.env
• FAQ RAG over bundled dataset
• Safety / escalation layer

Not bundled (bring your own)

• LLM endpoint (Ollama, vLLM, or OpenAI-compatible API)
• Piper binary + voice .onnx models — see docs/piper-setup.md

Quick start (dev)

git clone https://github.com/Satan2049/persona-ai.git
cd persona-ai/apps/backend
python -m venv .venv && .venv\Scripts\activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
copy .env.example .env
# edit .env, then from repo root:
scripts\start-backend.bat

Open http://127.0.0.1:8000/

Build desktop from source

npm run sidecar:build
npm run desktop:build

Full changelog: monorepo layout (apps/backend, apps/desktop), desktop sidecar + settings UI, release checksums and trust docs.