Getting Started

Let's get IntenseRP installed, connected to a provider, and talking to SillyTavern. This page sticks to the setup path, while deeper provider weirdness gets linked out to the relevant Behavior pages in Providers.

What You'll Need

Before we dive in, make sure you have:

Step 1: Download & Install

Pick your platform and let's go!

tar -xzf intenserp-next-v2-linux-x64.tar.gz
cd intense-rp-next
chmod +x intenserp-next-v2
./intenserp-next-v2

git clone https://github.com/LyubomirT/intense-rp-next.git
cd intense-rp-next

# Create a virtual environment (recommended)
python -m venv venv

source venv/bin/activate  # Linux/Mac
# or: venv\Scripts\activate  # Windows

# Install deps
pip install -r requirements.txt

# Optional, since IntenseRP can auto-download browsers
playwright install chromium

# Run it!
python main.py

Step 2: Provider + Account

Before hitting Start, pick your provider and decide whether IntenseRP should try to sign in for you.

1. Click the Settings button
2. Go to Provider and Login
3. In Current Provider, choose your provider (DeepSeek, GLM Chat, Moonshot, QwenLM, Perplexity, HuggingChat, Google AI Studio, or Xiaomi MiMo)
4. In Sign-In and Accounts, (optional) turn on Sign In Automatically
5. Open Saved Accounts and add your account(s)
6. (Optional) Enable Prefer the Least Used Account and/or Retry With Another Account
7. Hit Save

Step 3: Start the Server

Alright, the fun part!

1. Click the big Start button
2. A browser window will pop up
3. All normally selectable providers can use auto-login, though Moonshot and Perplexity may still need manual confirmation in the browser.
4. Once logged in, the status changes to Running (Port 7777)

Step 4: Connect SillyTavern

Now let's hook up SillyTavern to use IntenseRP as its backend.

Open API Connections

Click the API button in SillyTavern's top bar.

Pick the Right Settings

Enter the Endpoint

Connect!

Click Connect and look for the green indicator.

Useful First Tweaks

You can ignore these on the first launch, but they are worth knowing about once the basic connection works.

Set up Names

If you want IntenseRP to format messages with the right character and persona names, set SillyTavern to send names in the request.

The recommended way is to set Character Names Behavior to Completion Object. This automatically sends character names to the API with every message, so IntenseRP can use them in formatting and injections.

Change the Port

By default IntenseRP listens on port 7777. If that happens to be taken, you can change it:

Settings → API Server → Access → Server Port

Don't forget to update your SillyTavern endpoint too!

Persistent Sessions

Tired of logging in every time you restart?

Settings → Provider and Login → Saved Sessions → Keep Provider Sessions Signed In

This saves your browser session so you stay logged in unless the provider expires the session or you log out manually.

Reasoning / Thinking

Most providers have some version of reasoning mode. DeepSeek calls it DeepThink, GLM calls it Deep Think, and others use names like Thinking or Thinking Effort.

Settings → Provider Behavior → pick your provider in the selector

The *-auto model IDs respect your provider settings. Where supported, *-reasoner forces reasoning on and *-chat forces it off. See Providers for the exact behavior per provider.

Troubleshooting

If something fails during setup, check these first:

What's Next?