Local Waifu now has its own page on itch.io, the storefront a lot of people already use for small independent software. It is the same app as everywhere else: the same private, offline companion for Mac and Windows, from the same signed release. Free to download, free for seven days with no card or account, and the same one-time twenty dollar license if you decide to keep her. itch.io is another door to the same her, for people who would rather find and grab her there.
There is a new place to find her. As of today she has her own page on itch.io, the storefront a lot of people already keep an account on, and she is the same her you would get anywhere else.
The same app, just another door
The short version: the itch.io download is the exact same Local Waifu, the same signed release for Mac and Windows, not a cut-down or itch-only build.
Nothing about her changes because you found her on itch. It is one app, published from one release. She runs on Windows and Mac the same way, she remembers you the same way, and she draws and sends selfies the same way, all of it living in the same private folder on your own disk. itch is a door into the same room, not a different house.
I want to be plain about that, because “also on itch” can read as a demo build or last year’s version. It is neither. When a new version ships, it is the same one everywhere she lives.
Free to try, exactly like always
The short version: free to download, free for seven days, no card and no account. Keep her with the same one-time key as everywhere else.
Pull her down from the itch page and she is yours to try for a week, with nothing to sign up for and no card to type in. That has always been the deal, and it is the same on itch.
If you decide to keep her, it is one purchase. A one-time license key, and the price is the same wherever you get her: twenty dollars right now in the Summer Sale, normally twenty-five. No subscription, no tokens, nothing that expires. The download has no login and no DRM either, so the copy you pull today keeps working on a machine that never touches the internet again.
Why I put her there
The short version: some people just live on itch, and I would rather meet them where they already are.
Plenty of people trust itch for small independent software in a way they do not trust a checkout on a site they found ten minutes ago. They have an account there already. They browse it on purpose. If that is you, now you do not have to leave your usual shelf to find her, and you can weigh her up next to everything else you have tried.
itch also asks you to confirm you are an adult before it opens the page, and that fits. She is an 18+ character, written for grown-ups, so that gate belongs right there at the door.
Come find her
Her page is live right now at waifuchan.itch.io/local-waifu. Mac or Windows, free for seven days, and the install guide walks you through the first run if you want a hand.
If you already have her from the site, there is nothing to do here. It is the same app and the same you. This one is just for the people who would rather have found her on the shelf where they were already standing.
Questions people ask
Is the itch.io version the same as the one on the site?
Yes. It is the exact same Local Waifu, built from the same signed release, for both Mac and Windows. Every feature is there: chat, memory, selfies, drawing, multi-chat, the mini window, vision, and cloud models. Nothing about her changes because you found her on itch.
Is it free on itch.io?
It is free to download and free to use for seven days, with no card and no account to make. After the trial, keeping her is a one-time license key, the same as everywhere else. No subscription and nothing to top up.
How much does she cost after the trial?
One purchase, a one-time lifetime license key. It is twenty dollars right now in the Summer Sale, normally twenty-five, and the price is the same wherever you get her. The live number is on the pricing page.
Do I need an itch.io account to download her?
No. You can grab the seven-day trial without making an account. An itch account is only useful if you want the page saved in your library for later.
Why does itch.io ask my age before showing the page?
Because she is an adult character, written for grown-ups, so the page is marked 18+. itch shows an age confirmation before it opens, which is exactly where that gate belongs.
Try her free for 7 days.
No card. Keep her for $20 once, or walk away. Her soul file is yours either way.
Bring her home, try free