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All-in-one LLM CLI tool featuring Shell Assistant, Chat-REPL, RAG, AI Tools & Agents, with access to OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Ollama, Groq, and more.

41 mentions on Hacker News by 34 people: 7 stories, 34 comments · first 2023-03-20 · latest 2026-11-01

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  1. …[0]: https://github.com/baalimago/clai [1]: https://github.com/OleksandrChekhovskyi/hax [2]: https://github.com/sigoden/aichat [3]: https://www.clai.chat/compare/
    comment by baalimago · 2026-11-01 · in Pi Is the Last Harness
  2. …doing and innovate in ways I don't want to miss. And sometimes they are better at tasks. [0]: 2023, https://github.com/sigoden/aichat [1]: 2024, https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose
    comment by backscratches · 2026-07-31 · in qm – Multiplayer agent harness for work
  3. …我是 *Claude*,由 Anthropic 开发的 AI 助手。 [2] I don't see a Kimi mention, unfortunately. :-) [1] https://github.com/sigoden/aichat [2] This model really is noticeably more verbose even with supposed-to-be-brief responses huh, lol
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    AIChat: All-in-One LLM CLI Tool
    story by modinfo · 2025-12-27 · 0 comments
  5. …command its proposing to the clipboard, iterate further on the prompt, or to describe its choice https://github.com/sigoden/aichat
  6. …this might have already been done and beyond by aichat (which I give the alias `ai` on my machines) https://github.com/sigoden/aichat Nevertheless it’s good to see more tools with the Unix philosophy!
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    What's your favorite CLI tool for integrating LLMs into your terminal workflow?
    story by menisadi · 2025-08-10 · 8 comments
  8. maybe the oldest and most popular is written in rust! https://github.com/sigoden/aichat
  9. …want is a wrapper for it to pipe the result back to LLM and make sure the command succeeded. [1] https://github.com/sigoden/aichat
  10. …to my local AI servers. I'm not a fan of cloud-based AI. I use aichat now but it's not perfect. https://github.com/sigoden/aichat The UI on this tool is much better.
    comment by wkat4242 · 2025-06-26 · in Gemini CLI
  11. …the main CLAUDE.md: https://github.com/pgflow-dev/pgflow/blob/main/.claude/advan... sigoden/aichat: https://github.com/sigoden/aichat
    comment by jumski · 2025-06-17 · in Snorting the AGI with Claude Code
  12. …bring-your-api-keys front-end, and chat away for peanuts without ads or anything anti-user. I use https://github.com/sigoden/aichat , but there are GUIs too. Plus, anyone enterprising can just write a web front-end and sell it as "the…
  13. …if it all could be done with a script using aichat[1] and rendering the diagram using graphviz. [1] https://github.com/sigoden/aichat
  14. This exists, just use https://github.com/sigoden/aichat with local ollama and a model like qwen2.5-coder:7b or better (e.g. gemma3:12b). Add this to ~/.bashrc : # bind Alt-e on the command line to replace text with command _aichat_bash() {…
    comment by balnaphone · 2025-03-28 · in Why I'm Boycotting AI
  15. …likes those[^2] and the `%B` format doesn't really show the breaks between commit messages. 1: https://github.com/sigoden/aichat 2: https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/build-with-claude/prompt-...
  16. …but it has basic functionality for working with ollama models. Also worth a mention is aichat ( https://github.com/sigoden/aichat ). It's not a native gui app, but it's an impressive cli client.
  17. …and then I config AI Chat to connect to the llama.cpp endpoint. Checkout the demo they have below https://github.com/sigoden/aichat#shell-assistant
  18. > "Sort these files" There's aichat, which you can use in REPL mode to do exactly that: https://github.com/sigoden/aichat Shameless plug: I mostly use my own work: https://github.com/codespin-ai/codespin But it requires you to pipe: `ls |…
  19. AIChat ( https://github.com/sigoden/aichat ) nearly fulfills all your requirements. The only difference is that you provide subcommands, while aichat requires users to create various roles. t2x 'Write a ...' => aichat 'Write a ...' t2x ask…
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    AIChat: All-in-One LLM CLI Tool
    story by conslit · 2024-12-26 · 1 comment
  21. …light and simple for this sort of thing, but can't tell if there may be something better out there? https://github.com/sigoden/aichat
    comment by jrm4 · 2024-12-21 · in Building Effective "Agents"
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    Aichat
    story by handfuloflight · 2024-11-14 · 0 comments
  23. …[2]: https://ollama.com/ [3]: https://github.com/n4ze3m/page-assist [4]: https://github.com/sigoden/aichat
  24. …you to write English into the command line and press Alt+E to have it replaced with a command: https://github.com/sigoden/aichat/tree/main/scripts/shell-in... So you'd just type "use ffmpeg to convert 'my input.avi' to NTSC output and make…
    comment by throwup238 · 2024-08-28 · in Programming with ChatGPT
  25. …language than bash something like this. Doesn't the need for jq/curl/perl argue the opposite? [0] https://github.com/sigoden/aichat
  26. Try aichat: https://github.com/sigoden/aichat
  27. …motive for building your own over using something that's been around a bit longer like aichat? https://github.com/sigoden/aichat
  28. > What other CLI tools are people using to work with LLMs in the terminal? I use aichat: https://github.com/sigoden/aichat I especially like the terminal integration where I can type a natural language request at the terminal and press…
    comment by throwup238 · 2024-06-25 · in Language models on the command line
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    AIChat: All-in-One AI CLI Tool
    story by infruset · 2024-06-11 · 0 comments
  30. …want in plain English in a terminal and then press Alt-E. It replaces the text with a command. [1] https://github.com/sigoden/aichat/tree/main/scripts/shell-in...
  31. thanks for sharing this, I have been using aichat ( https://github.com/sigoden/aichat ) and shell_gpt for a while. Let's see how it works.
    comment by uclossantos · 2024-04-16
  32. …LLMs (gpt-4-vision or LLaVA) with aichat `aichat -f tmp/test.png -- output only text in the image` https://github.com/sigoden/aichat
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    Aichat: Use GPT-4(V), Gemini, LocalAI, Ollama and Other LLMs in the Terminal
    story by xsigoking · 2023-12-26 · 0 comments
  34. …as well as the cost monitoring, are gravy. - https://untimelyunicorn.gumroad.com/l/machato - https://github.com/sigoden/aichat
    comment by Terretta · 2023-07-03 · in Show HN: Yet another macOS ChatGPT app
  35. …Applied edit to p/Python 3.py Commit aad4afc aider: Added helpful comments to Python script. [1] https://github.com/sigoden/aichat [2] https://github.com/paul-gauthier/aider
  36. …of aider editing the ANSI-escape codes in an asciinema screencast recording, for example[3]. [1] https://github.com/sigoden/aichat [2] https://github.com/paul-gauthier/aider [3] https://aider.chat/examples/asciinema.html
  37. Yes, I'm using for language learning. Usually via tool ` https://github.com/sigoden/aichat ` with different roles that I've created. For example for grammar ChatGPT generates bunch of examples for specific grammar rules, which I memorize.
    comment by dowakin · 2023-04-10 · in Effective Spaced Repetition
  38. I've been enjoying using aichat for command-line chatgpt access https://github.com/sigoden/aichat (it supports both an interactive repl mode and you can invoke it with your query directly from the command line like the helper used in this…
  39. …So that it runs in the terminal instead of the browser? Edit: just saw on another post aichat - https://github.com/sigoden/aichat/
  40. …out aichat[1] had more features and written in Rust. [0] https://github.com/clevercli/clevercli [1] https://github.com/sigoden/aichat/
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    Aichat: Chat with GPT-3.5/ChatGPT in terminal
    story by olalonde · 2023-03-20 · 0 comments