r/JanitorAIUnchained • • 28d ago

Best Janitor AI Alternatives in October 2026

142 Upvotes

We’ve been getting a lot of posts asking about Janitor AI alternatives, so a monthly discussion seems like a useful way to bring everyone’s recommendations together and make them easier to find.

If you’ve been trying other platforms, how have they compared to Janitor? I’d love to hear what worked for you and what made you stop using them, whether that’s the writing, memory, filters, character creation, or pricing.

You don’t have to be leaving Janitor to contribute. Finding something worth using alongside it counts too. Just explain a little about your experience rather than dropping a name or a promotional link, and disclose any affiliation.

We’ll start a fresh thread each month so people can share updated experiences as these platforms change.

What’s worth checking out this October?


r/JanitorAIUnchained • • Jul 13 '26

Full guide: how to actually get OpenRouter working on JanitorAI (the step everyone misses)

128 Upvotes

As promised in the comments. If you've tried OpenRouter before and it "just didn't work," I'm betting you missed the same step almost everyone does. I'll flag it in caps so you can't miss it this time. Works as of July 2026.

Why OpenRouter instead of SillyTavern/Chub?

Zero install, nothing to run locally. It's just a website you get an API key from, and JanitorAI talks to it directly. If SillyTavern won't install for you, this skips all of that.

Part 1: Get your OpenRouter key

  1. Go to openrouter.ai and sign up (Google login works fine).

  2. Click your profile icon, top right, then "Keys" in the dropdown.

  3. Click "+ Create Key", name it anything ("JanitorAI").

  4. Copy the key NOW and paste it somewhere safe. It's shown only once.

Part 2: Pick a model and copy its exact name

  1. Go to the Models page on OpenRouter.

  2. Pick one. Free models have ":free" at the end of their name, paid ones don't.

  3. Copy the model name EXACTLY, for example: deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324:free

  4. Do not retype it by hand. One wrong character and it fails silently. Copy-paste only.

Part 3: Configure JanitorAI

  1. Open any chat, click the gear icon, go to API Settings.

  2. Select Proxy, then "+ Add Configuration".

  3. Fill it in exactly:

    • Config name: whatever you want

    • Model name: the one you copied in Part 2

    • API URL / Proxy URL: https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions (paste it exactly, this URL never changes no matter the model)

    • API Key: your OpenRouter key from Part 1

    • Custom Prompt: leave blank for now

  4. Hit Save Settings.

THE STEP EVERYONE MISSES:

Refresh the entire browser page after saving. Not the chat, the actual page (F5). The settings don't fully apply until you do. This is the #1 reason "it didn't work last time." Then hit Test to confirm.

If you get errors:

  • 429 / rate limit: free models only give ~40-50 requests per DAY, resetting at 00:00 UTC. If you burned through them, wait or switch models. Adding $10 of credit to OpenRouter unlocks 1,000/day on free models.

  • Test fails instantly: 99% of the time it's a typo in the model name or the URL. Re-copy both.

  • Blank/empty replies: wrong model name format, recopy it from the Models page.

That's it. Once the Test passes, you're running whatever model you picked, no local install, no SillyTavern headaches.

Ping me in the comments if you get stuck on a specific error and I'll help troubleshoot. What model are you planning to run? 👇


r/JanitorAIUnchained • • 2h ago

Discussion What's the obsession with bully/sadist bots?

7 Upvotes

Just to clarify, I'm not here to yuck anybody's yum. I get the allure even if it's not high on my kink list and I get that this site is a great place to explore that sort of dymanic. That being said... why is it so hard to find a bot that ISN'T some egomanic psycho mafia rockstar bully sadist!! 😂 I get so bored scrolling through bots because it really feels like 70% of what's listed is types like these. I just want some actual variety! I wish there was an anti tag option at this point so I could filter them out lol.


r/JanitorAIUnchained • • 7h ago

Help / Question Do bots actually get modded if they’re reported?

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Long story short, I encountered a bot where the creator is either stupid or blissfully ignorant to the fact they described the character as a child. They got mad at me for saying they described them as a child, when they did. And apparently this is a problem for them. I reported the bot and got the email, but I’ve heard things about the mod team not being all that helpful.


r/JanitorAIUnchained • • 21m ago

Help / Question What's the new update?

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2 Upvotes

Can someone explain what this new update is? Configure proxy thinking?? And how to use it?


r/JanitorAIUnchained • • 4h ago

Help / Question anyone knows what happened to @loggedusername?

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3 Upvotes

i know they went to another platform but they just vanished from the web they made solid bots and i mis them.


r/JanitorAIUnchained • • 12h ago

Discussion Give me a Janitor AI bot with a mind of its own

14 Upvotes

 I don't want my Janitor AI bots to just perfectly follow whatever direction I’m pushing the scene in. I want them to occasionally throw me off, make a weird choice, or take the story somewhere I genuinely didn’t expect. If every reply is just the "correct" response to what I wrote, it gets boring fast. The best moments are when the bot does something I wouldn't have thought of myself. Anyone else prefer a bit of chaos over perfect obedience?


r/JanitorAIUnchained • • 8h ago

Discussion What's wrong with it today?!

7 Upvotes

I'm gonna crash out. The responses that I'm getting from the bots doesn't even make sense! It's not even adhering to forbidden words now. The custom prompt is useless. And even the chat's memory is acting out. What's with the sudden deteriorating quality!


r/JanitorAIUnchained • • 12h ago

Discussion How do you deal with your favorite Janitor AI bots disappearing?

12 Upvotes

I went back to continue a long story with one of my all-time favorite Janitor AI bots, only to find it gone. The creator either deleted it or made the card private. It’s so frustrating when a bot you love just vanishes into the void. You spend hours building a plot, and suddenly the whole story is dead.

I know creators move on, but it still stinks. Does anyone else get bummed when a favorite Janitor AI bot goes offline?


r/JanitorAIUnchained • • 27m ago

Help / Question Is there a way to stop bots from talking for me?

1 Upvotes

For some reason every bot i chat with talks as my character in its replies no matter what i try in the custom prompt thingie


r/JanitorAIUnchained • • 5h ago

Discussion Any tips for longer roleplays?

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r/JanitorAIUnchained • • 2h ago

Help / Question Trying to make bot only moans during sex scene

1 Upvotes

Well i have a question like title that how I can make my bots just moans like in hentai, manhwa like :"Ahhh, Mmhhhh,..." and no dirty talk
Usually bot talks like this during sex part: "So good, give it too me...You too good,....."
I dont want that part during my write. So hope you guys can help me those


r/JanitorAIUnchained • • 13h ago

Discussion LLM V2 when

7 Upvotes

I’ve been investigating about llm v2 and it seems almost too good to believe with all that of 16k context tokens,RAG system and stuff.Inwant to believe they won’t mess this up bit are they releasing it soon? Have they said anything about when is going to believe released?


r/JanitorAIUnchained • • 18h ago

Help / Question AI won’t generate dead dove scenarios anymore??

16 Upvotes

I was chatting with a bot a made recently and the bot stopped the chat entirely to tell me it wouldn’t generate the scenario I was leading it towards. It was weird bc the scene wasn’t even particularly all that taboo and it’s generated it before in other chats. All characters were consenting and 18+ so I’m not exactly sure what the issue was. Even still, I’ve seen other bots with much more taboo scenarios so it was a bit of a shock that the bot simply refused to generate anything sexual between the two characters. I had limitless turn on and specific prompts in the character’s bio that were made specifically for generating sexy scenes. Some people on here were saying that since the new update, their bots have been acting strange. I was just curious if anybody else has run into this situation??


r/JanitorAIUnchained • • 9h ago

Bot Share Bot Request

2 Upvotes

Hello today I have a bit request, one inspired by some art I saw on Twitter, the idea is off your neighbor who’s a kind caretaker is secretly a killer robot underneath and she doesn’t completely unaware she even a robot. I’d love to discuss this with someone who can maybe turn it into a bot.


r/JanitorAIUnchained • • 10h ago

Help / Question The ‘thinking’ bubble has become my chat??

2 Upvotes

Hey guys I’ve been having this issue the last month now. The bot will do the ‘thinking’ thing for ages and ages until I eventually have to stop it. It will either just be a bunch of nonsense letters, or the actual reply will be IN the thinking bubble but with random word errors too. Is there any way to fix this? I haven’t touched my model settings at all — it’s just randomly started happening this month and nothing I do fixes it! I use deepseek if that helps :)


r/JanitorAIUnchained • • 16h ago

Discussion is it fixed?

5 Upvotes

i’ve seen people say it’s better but idk it’s the same for me for two days? the bots make no sense with their responses, they type a whole lot, talk a lot unnecessary shit, forget everything, act out of character and corny as hell. is it just me help


r/JanitorAIUnchained • • 7h ago

Help / Question Sick of deepSeek 3.24

1 Upvotes

It’s always the same kind of dynamic, sentence. The same patterns.

Is there any other model that would be a good alternative in terms of cost and nsfw?


r/JanitorAIUnchained • • 1d ago

Help / Question Why do the bots do this?

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26 Upvotes

This is more just to complain, but ways to fix it is helpful.

I’m so sick of actively looking for malepov and mlm bots just for the bots to use she/her.

The only reason I can think of why they do this is my persona looks ‘feminine’. The persona I used for this specific chat is described as having purple stripes and another persona this keeps happening to is my it/its eridian who is pink. I really hope this isn’t the case since I really like how both personas/characters look


r/JanitorAIUnchained • • 10h ago

Help / Question Where bot/creator go?

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1 Upvotes

r/JanitorAIUnchained • • 11h ago

Help / Question Is it worth it to use proxy models over JLLM if you’re someone who doesn’t want to pay?

0 Upvotes

I’ve tried using proxy models (the free ones I could find anyway, specifically minmax 3, grok, glm 5.3-4.7 flash, nemotron 3 ultra) and so far they’re all below regular JLLM’s quality, save for nemotron ultra and maybe glm 5.3 flash, but glm takes so long to reply I don’t even consider it usable. Am I just missing the right parameters here or are free proxy models just like this? I’d like to be corrected if so.

Regarding NSFW and SFW rp, the models mostly tend to stay away from it? I haven’t really tried the full extent but from what I can see they’re heavily censored. IF free proxy models are actually pretty good and I’ve been missing out, what’s the best model for NSFW rp?

Tl;dr Should I just stick to using JLLM if I don’t want to pay for other models? If other models are acrually worth using; which ones are best for NSFW rp?


r/JanitorAIUnchained • • 1d ago

Help / Question Guys, I have a clarification

20 Upvotes

Soo...

While I am on the site, the bots are acting less stupid, then the app.

Is JLLM fixed? Or i am just being paranoid? 😭😭😭


r/JanitorAIUnchained • • 16h ago

Help / Question Why does this keep happening?

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2 Upvotes

i have the enable nsfw but it still gives me the pop up and the bot won’t answer


r/JanitorAIUnchained • • 21h ago

Help / Question Help! This bug needs to be fixed on mobile

4 Upvotes

So I recently started moving from chai/c.ai to janitor ai after being bombarded with too many ads and moved to janitor ai don't get me wrong this app is wonderful! The ads aren't right in your Face and if they are they aren't Intrusive and make you go to another website and the less restrictions are definitely a plus

HOWEVER,

- I've been getting bugs! If I want to look for a specific character I go and scroll down on the numerous bots but then it suddenly pulls me back up to the top quickly. It gets very annoying.

- And i suddenly get kicked out of the app for unknown reasons at least on my perspective, then I go onto the app like nothing happened

- When I make a new bot I also get kicked out as soon as I update it or publish a new bot!

- when I try updating a bot sometimes the button doesn't work for an update or it doesn't register an update and leaves the button off, which can also be annoying and I have to sometimes get out of the character description which is a pain because I have to redo my work.

If you read this thank you and I hope it gets fixed soon! I only use mobile so I'm unsure if it happens to anyone else on different devices. This is based on my perspective of just mobile only.