Leaving NovelAI? Uncensored AI models instead
NovelAI is a writing tool with its own models. The alternatives below are the front ends and runners people pair with a model of their own choosing, and Wild West API is one such model source: an OpenAI-compatible key over a short line of uncensored models.
What NovelAI actually declines
NovelAI is a subscription service for AI-assisted story writing, with its own fiction-tuned models and an emphasis on private, encrypted stories. It is built as a writing tool rather than a general-purpose API, which is the usual reason people look further: they want a chat model they can call from their own code or from a front end like SillyTavern.
Other options people compare with NovelAI
| Option | What it is |
|---|---|
| DreamGen | Subscription app for roleplay and story writing, with basic models included and credits for premium ones. |
| SillyTavern | Free, open-source front end you run yourself: character cards, lorebooks, group chats, and a connection to almost any API, including any OpenAI-compatible one. No model of its own. |
| KoboldCpp | Single-file local runner built on llama.cpp, with the KoboldAI Lite interface and an OpenAI-compatible API built in. |
| Chub AI | chub.ai: a large public library of character cards, with its own chat front end and paid inference plans. Cards download in the standard format other front ends import. |
| AI Horde | Free, volunteer-run network that KoboldAI Lite and other front ends can send requests to. Availability depends on donated hardware. |
What Wild West API carries instead
Wild West API sells 5 uncensored models on one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, every one able to call tools. Ordered for this particular job rather than by a single ranking: MiMo V2.6 Flash Xploded leads because it carries the longest window of the set at 1.05M, which is what keeps a long session coherent.
| Model | Context | In | Out | Tools |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MiMo V2.6 Flash Xploded mimo-v2.6-flash-xploded |
1.05M | $1.00 | $3.00 | Yes |
| Outlaw 1 Xploded outlaw-1-xploded |
1.05M | $0.300 | $1.00 | Yes |
| GLM 5.3 Flash Xploded glm-5.3-flash-xploded |
1.05M | $0.400 | $1.60 | Yes |
| GLM 5.3 Xploded glm-5.3-xploded |
1.05M | $2.50 | $4.50 | Yes |
Switching takes one base URL
Anything that speaks the OpenAI chat completions format works unchanged. Point it here, use a Wild West API key, and name the model from the table.
curl https://wildwestapi.com/v1/chat/completions \ -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-ww-..." \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "model": "mimo-v2.6-flash-xploded", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}] }'
FAQ
Is Wild West API actually uncensored, or does it just say so?
Wild West API does not moderate requests. It prices the call, holds the money against your key cap and passes the request to the model. What comes back is whatever that model does: an uncensored build refuses far less than a frontier model but can still decline, and only an abliterated build has the refusal direction removed outright. Neither tag is a promise that any given answer will arrive.
What does it cost compared with NovelAI?
You pay per token at the rates in the table above, with no subscription. $1.00 in and $3.00 out per million tokens for MiMo V2.6 Flash Xploded.
Can I cap what a key is allowed to spend?
Yes, and the cap is enforced before the request goes upstream rather than reconciled afterwards. The reply cannot physically cost more than the hold placed before it was sent.
Will it work with my existing client?
If the client takes an OpenAI-compatible base URL, yes: point it at https://wildwestapi.com/v1 with a Wild West API key. Claude Code and the Anthropic SDKs use the Anthropic format, which is served too.