tgpt is a cross-platform command-line interface (CLI) tool that allows you to use AI chatbot in your Terminal without requiring API keys.
- Blackbox AI (Blackbox model)
- Duckduckgo (Supports several models)
- Groq (Requires a free API Key. LLaMA2-70b & Mixtral-8x7b)
- KoboldAI (koboldcpp/HF_SPACE_Tiefighter-13B)
- Ollama (Supports many models)
- OpenAI (All models, Requires API Key, supports custom endpoints)
- Phind (Phind Model)
Image Generation Model: BlackBoxAi
Usage: tgpt [Flags] [Prompt]
Flags:
-s, --shell Generate and Execute shell commands. (Experimental)
-c, --code Generate Code. (Experimental)
-q, --quiet Gives response back without loading animation
-w, --whole Gives response back as a whole text
-img, --image Generate images from text
--provider Set Provider. Detailed information has been provided below. (Env: AI_PROVIDER)
Some additional options can be set. However not all options are supported by all providers. Not supported options will just be ignored.
--model Set Model
--key Set API Key
--url Set OpenAI API endpoint url
--temperature Set temperature
--top_p Set top_p
--max_length Set max response length
--log Set filepath to log conversation to (For interactive modes)
--preprompt Set preprompt
-y Execute shell command without confirmation
Options:
-v, --version Print version
-h, --help Print help message
-i, --interactive Start normal interactive mode
-m, --multiline Start multi-line interactive mode
-cl, --changelog See changelog of versions
-u, --update Update program
--disable-input-limit Disables the checking of 4000 character input limit
Providers:
The default provider is phind. The AI_PROVIDER environment variable can be used to specify a different provider.
Available providers to use: blackboxai, duckduckgo, groq, koboldai, ollama, openai and phind
Provider: blackboxai
Uses BlackBox model. Great for developers
Provider: duckduckgo
Available models: gpt-4o-mini (default), meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct-Turbo, mistralai/Mixtral-8x7B-Instruct-v0.1, claude-3-haiku-20240307
Provider: groq
Requires a free API Key. Supports LLaMA2-70b & Mixtral-8x7b
Provider: koboldai
Uses koboldcpp/HF_SPACE_Tiefighter-13B only, answers from novels
Provider: ollama
Needs to be run locally. Supports many models
Provider: openai
Needs API key to work and supports various models. Recognizes the OPENAI_API_KEY and OPENAI_MODEL environment variables. Supports custom urls with --url
Provider: phind
Uses Phind Model. Great for developers
Examples:
tgpt "What is internet?"
tgpt -m
tgpt -s "How to update my system?"
tgpt --provider duckduckgo "What is 1+1"
tgpt --provider openai --key "sk-xxxx" --model "gpt-3.5-turbo" "What is 1+1"
cat install.sh | tgpt "Explain the code"
The default download location is /usr/local/bin, but you can change it in the command to use a different location. However, make sure the location is added to your PATH environment variable for easy accessibility.
You can download it with the following command:
curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aandrew-me/tgpt/main/install | bash -s /usr/local/binIf you are using Arch Linux, you can install with pacman:
pacman -S tgptTo install the port:
cd /usr/ports/www/tgpt/ && make install clean
To install the package, run one of these commands:
pkg install www/tgpt
pkg install tgpt
You need to add the Go install directory to your system's shell path.
go install github.com/aandrew-me/tgpt/v2@latest-
Scoop: Package installation with Scoop can be done using the following command:
scoop install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aandrew-me/tgpt/main/tgpt.json
-
Chocolatey
choco install tgpt
If you installed the program with the installation script, you may update it with
tgpt -uIt may require admin privileges.
Support:
- environment variable
http_proxy or HTTP_PROXY with following available formats:
- Http Proxy [
http://ip:port] - Http Auth [
http://user:pass@ip:port] - Socks5 Proxy [
socks5://ip:port ] - Socks5 Auth [
socks5://user:pass@ip:port]
- configuration file
file location in the following order:
- ./proxy.txt (in the same directory from where you are executing)
- ~/.config/tgpt/proxy.txt
Example:
http://127.0.0.1:8080You can download the executable for your operating system, rename it to tgpt (or any other desired name), and then execute it by typing ./tgpt while in that directory. Alternatively, you can add it to your PATH environmental variable and then execute it by simply typing tgpt.
If you installed with the install script, you can execute the following command to remove the tgpt executable
sudo rm $(which tgpt)
Configuration file is usually located in ~/.config/tgpt on GNU/Linux Systems and in "Library/Application Support/tgpt" on MacOS
