sigoden/aichat
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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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…[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 -
…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 -
…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
comment by msdz · 2026-06-12 · in Kimi K2.7-Code: open-source coding model with better token efficiency -
…command its proposing to the clipboard, iterate further on the prompt, or to describe its choice https://github.com/sigoden/aichat
comment by Zetaphor · 2025-11-06 · in Show HN: qqqa – A fast, stateless LLM-powered assistant for your shell -
…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!
comment by stevedsimkins · 2025-11-06 · in Show HN: qqqa – A fast, stateless LLM-powered assistant for your shell -
maybe the oldest and most popular is written in rust! https://github.com/sigoden/aichat
comment by backscratches · 2025-07-31 · in Crush: Glamourous AI coding agent for your favourite terminal -
…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
comment by reed1 · 2025-07-23 · in Show HN: WTFfmpeg – Natural Language to FFmpeg Translator -
…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 -
…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 -
…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…
comment by downsplat · 2025-06-10 · in Chatbots are replacing Google's search, devastating traffic for some publishers -
…if it all could be done with a script using aichat[1] and rendering the diagram using graphviz. [1] https://github.com/sigoden/aichat
comment by eterps · 2025-04-09 · in Show HN: I built an app to generate story relationships using Mermaidjs -
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 -
…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-...
comment by kenmacd · 2025-03-24 · in A tiny Go tool for generating conventional commits using Claude -
…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.
comment by dkmar · 2025-01-25 · in Show HN: Onit – Source-available ChatGPT Desktop with local mode, Claude, Gemini -
…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
comment by XMasterrrr · 2025-01-21 · in Ask HN: Is anyone doing anything cool with tiny language models? -
> "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 |…
comment by jeswin · 2024-12-31 · in T2x – a CLI tool for AI-first text operations -
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…
comment by sigoden · 2024-12-31 · in T2x – a CLI tool for AI-first text operations -
…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" -
…[2]: https://ollama.com/ [3]: https://github.com/n4ze3m/page-assist [4]: https://github.com/sigoden/aichat
comment by oneshtein · 2024-09-25 · in Hacker plants false memories in ChatGPT to steal user data in perpetuity -
…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 -
…language than bash something like this. Doesn't the need for jq/curl/perl argue the opposite? [0] https://github.com/sigoden/aichat
comment by teamspirit · 2024-08-02 · in Show HN: Ell – A command-line interface for LLMs written in Bash -
Try aichat: https://github.com/sigoden/aichat
comment by oneshtein · 2024-08-01 · in Show HN: Turn any website into a knowledge base for LLMs -
…motive for building your own over using something that's been around a bit longer like aichat? https://github.com/sigoden/aichat
comment by tiberriver256 · 2024-07-17 · in Show HN: Magic-cli – A copilot for your command line -
> 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 -
…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...
comment by throwup238 · 2024-05-20 · in Show HN: ffmpeg-english "capture from /dev/video0 every 1 second to jpg files" -
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 -
…LLMs (gpt-4-vision or LLaVA) with aichat `aichat -f tmp/test.png -- output only text in the image` https://github.com/sigoden/aichat
comment by sigoden · 2024-01-03 · in How to do OCR on a Mac using the CLI or just Python -
…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 -
…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
comment by anotherpaulg · 2023-05-24 · in Show HN: File-by-file AI-generated comments for your codebase -
…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
comment by anotherpaulg · 2023-05-18 · in CLI tools for working with ChatGPT and other LLMs -
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 -
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…
comment by asb · 2023-03-29 · in Command line functions around OpenAI -
…So that it runs in the terminal instead of the browser? Edit: just saw on another post aichat - https://github.com/sigoden/aichat/
comment by nico · 2023-03-20 · in Show HN: Chatblade – A CLI Swiss Army Knife for ChatGPT -
…out aichat[1] had more features and written in Rust. [0] https://github.com/clevercli/clevercli [1] https://github.com/sigoden/aichat/
comment by olalonde · 2023-03-20 · in Show HN: Chatblade – A CLI Swiss Army Knife for ChatGPT