Bedtime Sloth: a story for tonight, written by Gemma on your own computer
This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 3: Slow and Steady What I Built Bedtime is when parents are most tired and children most want one more story. Bedtime Sloth makes that part lazy. You type a child's name, pick a place, and press one button. It writes a new calm story, reads it slowly, and plays the sounds of the night. All of it runs on your own computer.…
Bedtime Sloth offers a lazy bedtime story experience that runs on your own computer. It prompts you for your child's name, a preferred setting, and optional details to include, then generates a new calm story that it reads slowly while playing calming night sounds. The app functions without an internet connection, keeping your child's name and stories stored locally on your machine.
Built for the Hacktoberfest 2026 Open-Source AI Challenge, Bedtime Sloth aims to provide a simpler alternative to traditional story apps that often require subscriptions or internet access. The narrator's voice and background music are also generated locally. The app uses an open-weight model called Gemma 3 4B, run on Ollama, and features an open-source text-to-speech system called Piper.
If Piper is not installed, the browser's built-in voice will read the story. The app also includes customizable settings for the story length, tone, and sound effects, all of which are processed locally.
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