Installing Local AIs Manually

The list of AI models in Shinkai is powered by Ollama and is continously growing. Although, if you want to install another model, you can do it easily:

Click the AIs option on the left side menu > Click the + Manually Add AI button on the upper-right corner.

Shinkai makes it easy. Endpoints and models are already filled out for you. You just need to provide the API Key (except for Ollama) > Select the provider and model you’d like to install and you’re done.

There are several model options available to choose from: OpenAI, Together AI, Ollama, Gemini, Groq, OpenRouter, Exo, and Claude.

API Keys - Quick Reference

Here are the direct URLs to get API Keys from different AI model providers:

ProviderAPI Key URL
OpenAIhttps://platform.openai.com/api-keys
Geminihttps://aistudio.google.com/app/apikey
Claudehttps://console.anthropic.com/settings/keys
Groqhttps://console.groq.com/keys
OpenRouterhttps://openrouter.ai/settings/keys
Together AIhttps://api.together.ai/

How to install models from different providers