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Updating

TavernAI updates by replacing the app build and keeping user_data.

Manual update

Section titled “Manual update”
  1. Close TavernAI completely.
  2. Back up the old user_data folder.
  3. Download the new build from Download.
  4. Extract the new build into a new folder.
  5. Copy user_data from the old folder into the new folder.
  6. Start the new build.

Let TavernAI finish any startup migration before closing it.

VPS update

Section titled “VPS update”

If TavernAI was installed with the VPS script, update from the app folder:

Terminal window
cd ~/TavernAI
./update.sh

If you installed TavernAI somewhere else, run update.sh from that folder.

What to back up

Section titled “What to back up”

Back up the whole user_data folder.

It contains the database, chats, imported files, images, and other local TavernAI state.

Moving TavernAI

Section titled “Moving TavernAI”

TavernAI is portable. To move it to another folder or drive:

  1. Close TavernAI.
  2. Copy the whole app folder, including user_data.
  3. Launch TavernAI from the new location.
  4. Confirm your chats and files are still there.

Avoid

Section titled “Avoid”
  • Do not delete user_data during an update.
  • Do not use the same live user_data folder from two different TavernAI versions.
  • Do not open migrated data with an older build as a rollback plan.

Next

Section titled “Next”