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Access large language models from the command-line

78 mentions on Hacker News by 53 people: 8 stories, 70 comments · first 2023-05-19 · latest 2026-08-05

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  1. I saw that you mention https://github.com/simonw/llm/ . Hadn't seen this before. What is its purpose? And why not use ollama instead?
    comment by jackbravo · 2024-09-26 · in Llama 3.2: Revolutionizing edge AI and vision with open, customizable models
  2. …Thanks again. EDIT: Created an Issue for it, probably a more appropriate place to file this ;) https://github.com/simonw/llm/issues/561
    comment by pandeiro · 2024-08-28 · in Programming with ChatGPT
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    Simonw/LLM: Access large language models from the command-line
    story by mikecarlton · 2024-08-03 · 0 comments
  4. Been using the LLM cli by simonw and love it. https://github.com/simonw/llm https://llm.datasette.io/en/stable/ Pro tip: Use $pbpaste to inject clipboard contents in a prompt
    comment by raajg · 2024-08-02 · in Show HN: Ell – A command-line interface for LLMs written in Bash
  5. …The recording feature also reminds me of savvy[3]. 1 - https://github.com/plandex-ai/plandex 2 - https://github.com/simonw/llm 3 - https://github.com/getsavvyinc/savvy-cli
    comment by danenania · 2024-08-02 · in Show HN: Ell – A command-line interface for LLMs written in Bash
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    Access LLMs from the Command Line
    story by some1else · 2024-05-21 · 1 comment
  7. Access LLMs from the command line: https://github.com/simonw/llm
    comment by some1else · 2024-05-21 · in iTerm2 and AI Hype Overload
  8. …integrate AI capabilities into your workflow or automate tasks. - *Link*: [llm GitHub Repository]( https://github.com/simonw/llm ) ### 2. ttok `ttok` is a CLI tool for working with tokenizers. It's a tool under development aimed at helping…
    comment by irthomasthomas · 2024-05-19 · in Show HN: Interactive Graph by LLM (GPT-4o)
  9. Thanks for sharing this! Direct link to the repo for those curious - https://github.com/simonw/llm
    comment by tedmiston · 2024-04-27 · in Cleaning Up Speech Recognition with GPT
  10. …Ollama extension (2). The first one works well enough for when I have to paste multiple lines. 1. https://github.com/simonw/llm?tab=readme-ov-file 2. https://www.raycast.com/massimiliano_pasquini/raycast-ollama
    comment by hiyer · 2024-04-26 · in A look at the early impact of Meta Llama 3
  11. …use case, you might be able to do this if you've got a copy and paste on the command line with https://github.com/simonw/llm In between. An alias like pdfwtf translating to "paste | llm command | copy"
    comment by IanCal · 2024-04-14 · in Show HN: I made a tool to clean and convert any webpage to Markdown
  12. I added support for this model to my LLM CLI tool via a new plugin: https://github.com/simonw/llm-command-r So now you can do this: pipx install llm llm install llm-command-r llm keys set cohere <paste Cohere API key here> llm -m…
    comment by simonw · 2024-04-04 · in Command R+: A Scalable LLM Built for Business
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    CLI utility and Python library for interacting with LLMs
    story by g4zj · 2024-03-18 · 0 comments
  14. If you're willing to use the CLI, Simon Willison's llm library[0] should do the trick. [0] https://github.com/simonw/llm
    comment by r_hendricks · 2024-03-04 · in Claude 3 model family
  15. …the plugin like this: llm install -U llm-mistral Relevant issue when I thought this didn't work: https://github.com/simonw/llm/issues/427
    comment by simonw · 2024-02-26 · in Mistral Large
  16. …to see tools that radically simplify the developer-experience for local LLMs/foundation models. [1] https://github.com/simonw/llm [2] https://docs.nos.run/docs/blog/serving-llms-on-a-budget.html... [3] https://github.com/simonw/ospeak
    comment by fzysingularity · 2024-01-25 · in Ollama releases Python and JavaScript Libraries
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    Show HN: Simple Script for Enhanced LLM Interaction in Vim
    story by kugurerdem · 2023-12-16 · 0 comments
  18. …that Simon's llm library is nice because he designed it as both a library and a command line tool: https://github.com/simonw/llm
    comment by nswanberg · 2023-11-28 · in Semantic Kernel
  19. …model="gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct", prompt="Write a tagline for an ice cream shop." ) More notes here: https://github.com/simonw/llm/issues/284
    comment by simonw · 2023-09-19 · in OpenAI GPT-3.5-turbo-instruct released
  20. `llm` might be the closest thing to that right now. https://github.com/simonw/llm
    comment by dave1010uk · 2023-09-17 · in Guidance: A guidance language for controlling large language models
  21. …per 1k tokens and using it via the command line llm[1] tool, though. That is a far better deal. [1] https://github.com/simonw/llm
    comment by miki123211 · 2023-09-06 · in What OpenAI really wants
  22. …last week: - https://github.com/jmorganca/ollama (download & run LLMs locally - I'm a maintainer) - https://github.com/simonw/llm (access LLMs from the cli - cloud and local) - https://github.com/oobabooga/text-generation-webui (a web ui…
    comment by jmorgan · 2023-08-28 · in ChatGPT Enterprise
  23. What is the advantage of this versus running something like https://github.com/simonw/llm , which also gives you options to e.g. use https://github.com/simonw/llm-mlc for accelerated inference?
    comment by avivo · 2023-08-17 · in Show HN: LlamaGPT – Self-hosted, offline, private AI chatbot, powered by Llama 2
  24. …llm command line utility that has a very thin underlying library, but which might grow eventually: https://github.com/simonw/llm
    comment by zby · 2023-08-14 · in LangChain Agent Simulation – Multi-Player Dungeons and Dragons
  25. …out how to get that to install when the user runs "brew install simonw/llm/llm" - issue here: https://github.com/simonw/llm/issues/102
    comment by simonw · 2023-07-19 · in Accessing Llama 2 from the command-line with the LLM-replicate plugin
  26. …arguments I had with myself about this here, across the course of 129 pull requests comments: https://github.com/simonw/llm/pull/65
    comment by simonw · 2023-07-15 · in The Problem with LangChain
  27. https://github.com/simonw/llm
    comment by williamjackson · 2023-06-03 · in Show HN: Automating daily reports, because fuck it
  28. …you can pass "-4" or "--gpt4" as an option. CORRECTION: Sorry, I was talking about my "llm" tool - https://github.com/simonw/llm - it looks like "mods" does indeed default to 4: https://github.com/charmbracelet/mods/blob/e6352fdd8487ff8fc..…
    comment by simonw · 2023-05-19 · in CLI tools for working with ChatGPT and other LLMs