Use ChatGPT, LocalAI and other LLMs in the terminal.
AIChat in chat mode:
AIChat in command mode:
cargo install --force aichat
Download it from GitHub Releases, unzip and add aichat to your $PATH.
- Supports multiple LLMs, including OpenAI and LocalAI.
- Support chat and command modes
- Use Roles
- Powerful Chat REPL
- Context-aware conversation/session
- Syntax highlighting markdown and 200 other languages
- Stream output with hand-typing effect
- Support proxy
- Dark/light theme
- Save chat messages/sessions
On first launch, aichat will guide you through the configuration.
> No config file, create a new one? Yes
> AI Platform: openai
> API Key: sk-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Feel free to adjust the configuration according to your needs.
model: openai:gpt-3.5-turbo # LLM model
temperature: 1.0 # GPT temperature, between 0 and 2
save: true # Whether to save the message
highlight: true # Set false to turn highlight
light_theme: false # Whether to use a light theme
wrap: no # Specify the text-wrapping mode (no, auto, <max-width>)
wrap_code: false # Whether wrap code block
auto_copy: false # Automatically copy the last output to the clipboard
keybindings: emacs # REPL keybindings. values: emacs, vi
clients:
- type: openai
api_key: sk-xxx
organization_id:
- type: local ai
api_base: http://localhost:8080/v1Check out config.example.yaml for all configuration items.
There are some configurations that can be set through environment variables. Please see the Environment Variables for details.
We can define a batch of roles in roles.yaml.
We can get the location of
roles.yamlthrough the repl's.infocommand or cli's--infooption.
For example, we can define a role:
- name: shell
prompt: >
I want you to act as a Linux shell expert.
I want you to answer only with bash code.
Do not provide explanations.Let ChatGPT answer questions in the role of a Linux shell expert.
〉.role shell
shell〉 extract encrypted zipfile app.zip to /tmp/app
mkdir /tmp/app
unzip -P PASSWORD app.zip -d /tmp/app
AIChat with roles will be a universal tool.
$ aichat --role shell extract encrypted zipfile app.zip to /tmp/app
unzip -P password app.zip -d /tmp/app
$ cat README.md | aichat --role spellcheck
For more details about roles, please visit Role Guide.
aichat has a powerful Chat REPL.
The Chat REPL supports:
- Emacs/Vi keybinding
- Command autocompletion
- Edit/paste multiline input
- Undo support
〉.help
.help Print this help message
.info Print system info
.edit Multi-line editing (CTRL+S to finish)
.model Switch LLM model
.role Use role
.info role Show role info
.exit role Leave current role
.session Start a context-aware chat session
.info session Show session info
.exit session End the current session
.set Modify the configuration parameters
.copy Copy the last reply to the clipboard
.read Import from file and submit
.exit Exit the REPL
Press Ctrl+C to abort readline, Ctrl+D to exit the REPL
〉.info
model openai:gpt-3.5-turbo
temperature -
save true
highlight true
light_theme false
wrap no
wrap_code false
dry_run false
keybindings emacs
config_file /home/alice/.config/aichat/config.yaml
roles_file /home/alice/.config/aichat/roles.yaml
messages_file /home/alice/.config/aichat/messages.md
sessions_dir /home/alice/.config/aichat/sessions
AIChat supports bracketed paste, so you can paste multi-lines text directly.
AIChat also provides .edit command for multi-lines editing.
〉.edit convert json below to toml
{
"an": [
"arbitrarily",
"nested"
],
"data": "structure"
}
Submit with
Ctrl+S.
> .model openai:gpt-4
> .model localai:gpt4all-j
You can easily enter enter model name using autocomplete.
Select a role:
〉.role emoji
Send message with the role:
emoji〉hello
👋
Leave current role:
emoji〉.exit role
〉hello
Hello there! How can I assist you today?
Show role info:
emoji〉.info role
name: emoji
prompt: I want you to translate the sentences I write into emojis. I will write the sentence, and you will express it with emojis. I just want you to express it with emojis. I don't want you to reply with anything but emoji. When I need to tell you something in English, I will do it by wrapping it in curly brackets like {like this}.
temperature: null
By default, aichat behaves in a one-off request/response manner.
You should run aichat with -s/--session or use the .session command to start a session.
〉.session
temp）1 to 5, odd only 0
1, 3, 5
temp）to 7 19(0.46%)
1, 3, 5, 7
temp）.exit session 42(1.03%)
? Save session? (y/N)
The prompt on the right side is about the current usage of tokens and the proportion of tokens used, compared to the maximum number of tokens allowed by the model.
〉.set temperature 1.2
〉.set dry_run true
〉.set highlight false
〉.set save false
〉.set auto_copy true
Usage: aichat [OPTIONS] [TEXT]...
Arguments:
[TEXT]... Input text
Options:
-m, --model <MODEL> Choose a LLM model
-r, --role <ROLE> Choose a role
-s, --session [<SESSION>] Create or reuse a session
-H, --no-highlight Disable syntax highlighting
-S, --no-stream No stream output
-w, --wrap <WRAP> Specify the text-wrapping mode (no*, auto, <max-width>)
--light-theme Use light theme
--dry-run Run in dry run mode
--info Print related information
--list-models List all available models
--list-roles List all available roles
--list-sessions List all available sessions
-h, --help Print help
-V, --version Print version
Here are some practical examples:
aichat -s # Start REPL with a new temp session
aichat -s temp # Reuse temp session
aichat -r shell -s # Create a session with a role
aichat -m openai:gpt-4-32k -s # Create a session with a model
aichat -s sh unzip a file # Run session in command mode
aichat -r shell unzip a file # Use role in command mode
aichat -s shell unzip a file # Use session in command mode
cat config.json | aichat convert to yaml # Read stdin
cat config.json | aichat -r convert:yaml # Read stdin with a role
cat config.json | aichat -s i18n # Read stdin with a session
aichat --list-models # List all available models
aichat --list-roles # List all available roles
aichat --list-sessions # List all available models
aichat --info # system-wide information
aichat -s temp --info # Show session details
aichat -r shell --info # Show role info
$(echo "$data" | aichat -S -H to json) # Use aichat in a scriptCopyright (c) 2023 aichat-developers.
aichat is made available under the terms of either the MIT License or the Apache License 2.0, at your option.
See the LICENSE-APACHE and LICENSE-MIT files for license details.