Command-Line LLM Interfaces LLM Tools

CLI tools and utilities for direct interaction with LLMs via terminal, including prompt execution, text classification, and structured querying. Does NOT include IDE plugins, chat applications, SDK packages, or frameworks for building larger systems.

There are 81 command-line llm interfaces tools tracked. 2 score above 50 (established tier). The highest-rated is czottmann/linearis at 62/100 with 158 stars and 5,811 monthly downloads.

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#	Tool	Score	Tier	Stars	Language
1	czottmann/linearis CLI tool for Linear.app with JSON output, smart ID resolution, and optimized...	62	Established	158	TypeScript
2	gorilla-llm/gorilla-cli LLMs for your CLI	51	Established	1,359	Python
3	pythops/tenere 🤖 TUI for LLMs	45	Emerging	650	Rust
4	joone/loz Loz is a command-line tool that enables your preferred LLM to execute system...	44	Emerging	260	TypeScript
5	pinkfuwa/llumen 🕯️ A lightweight but powerful LLM chat application	44	Emerging	81	Rust
6	yusufcanb/tlm Local CLI Copilot, powered by Ollama. 💻🦙	43	Emerging	1,473	Go
7	baalimago/clai Command line artificial intelligence - Your local LLM context-feeder	43	Emerging	141	Go
8	scottvr/wtffmpeg A minimal character terminal (console) REPL UI for controlling ffmpeg via...	38	Emerging	323	Python
9	RustedBytes/invoke-llm A CLI tool for querying OpenAI-compatible endpoints with a prompt and input file	36	Emerging	2	Rust
10	antonmedv/howto A terminal helper for querying LLM	35	Emerging	99	Go
11	meeehdi-dev/llm-language-server 🦾 Golang implementation of a language server (LSP) providing LLM completions...	35	Emerging	1	Go
12	magooney-loon/pb-llm pocketbase LLM docs scraper	33	Emerging	10	Go
13	hypernetix/lmstudio-go Go SDK and CLI for LM Studio: manage, interact, and run LLMs via WebSocket API	32	Emerging	12	Go
14	Earu/gm_ollama Providing access to LLMs through Garry's mod and Ollama.	32	Emerging	7	Rust
15	Protagonistss/fnva Management environment Java、Maven、Node、LLM	31	Emerging	2	Rust
16	xyproto/describeimage Describe images with local LLMs (Ollama)	30	Emerging	19	Go
17	gstrenge/llmpeg Let's be honest, who really knows how to use ffmpeg. Its that tool that is...	29	Experimental	144	Python
18	doganarif/LLMDog LLMDog is a command-line tool that helps developers share code with Large...	28	Experimental	80	Go
19	miifrommera/boxxy Stupid Linux Terminal	27	Experimental	54	Rust
20	hrshdhgd/llm-change-agent LLM Change Agent is a command-line interface (CLI) tool designed to interact...	25	Experimental	3	Python
21	bbpeaches/Seedling A powerful 3-in-1 CLI toolkit to explore, search, and reconstruct directory...	24	Experimental	2	Python
22	Gaurav-Gosain/streamd A CLI tool that renders streamed LLM output as beautiful markdown in the terminal	24	Experimental	2	Go
23	Aayush9029/peek Describe and rename images from the terminal using vision LLMs	24	Experimental	10	Shell
24	FlorinAndrei/pipe-llama Put an LLM in your shell scripts and command-line pipelines. Dead simple.	23	Experimental	11	Go
25	veilm/hinata ❄️ Unix-style, composable LLM utils	23	Experimental	8	Go
26	dotcommander/yai Pipe anything through an LLM from your terminal. Supports OpenAI, Anthropic,...	23	Experimental	1	Go
27	netanel-haber/dash-dash-help Let's help help help devs	23	Experimental	1	HTML
28	Krishan564/llmpack 📦 Streamline your AI interactions with LLMPack: a fast, zero-dependency CLI...	22	Experimental	—	Go
29	feras239/linear-cli 🚀 Manage your Linear issues seamlessly from the terminal with advanced...	22	Experimental	—	TypeScript
30	aaronloh16/ai-pipe Chain LLM calls with Unix pipes. Zero config.	22	Experimental	—	TypeScript
31	akhenakh/bento-llm A custom Bento processor plugin that allows you to query Large Language...	22	Experimental	—	Go
32	jazicorn-tw/hatch Self-hosted developer onboarding tool — juniors SSH in for LLM-generated...	22	Experimental	—	Go
33	cheikh2shift/quantify-ai Library for getting LLM context window limits	22	Experimental	—	Go
34	enthus-appdev/llm-cli-setup CLI tools setup with LLM integration - sqlcmd, GitHub CLI, Atlassian CLI...	22	Experimental	—	JavaScript
35	codefionn/scriptschnell scriptschnell is an agentic LLM code generation TUI	22	Experimental	—	Go
36	guicybercode/keldukoor-code keldukóðr is an CLI tool to use ollama llm to code locally	22	Experimental	—	TypeScript
37	sjquant/prepsaa AWS SAA 시험 대비를 위한 LLM 기반 CLI 도구	21	Experimental	37	Python
38	yifanzhang-pro/lanser-cli [Lanser-CLI] Official Implementation of "Language Server CLI Empowers...	20	Experimental	12	Python
39	blackopsinc/openllm-cli Open LLM CLI - LLM Automation	20	Experimental	1	Go
40	mcao2/readwise-triage A CLI tool for triaging Readwise Reader inbox/feed items with LLM-assisted...	19	Experimental	—	Go
41	rice0649/fabric-lite A lightweight AI augmentation framework inspired by Fabric	19	Experimental	—	Go
42	for-the-zero/asak A LLM API Tool - API Smart Access Kit	18	Experimental	3	JavaScript
43	awwaiid/iwt I Wish To ... a command line magic tool using LLM (via OpenAI API)	16	Experimental	12	Rust
44	timschmidt/llmterm Your friendly local LLM terminal companion	16	Experimental	9	Rust
45	nomadicGopher/LiberaDebt CLI utility to provide a locally hosted LLM budget info & receive the most...	15	Experimental	—	Go
46	ZanzyTHEbar/file4you Organize your desktop in one click	15	Experimental	5	Go
47	reddec/dreaming-bard LLM assistant to create long books/stories/documents	15	Experimental	5	Go
48	liushuangls/streamtagparser Parse the tag data in the stream data returned by the LLM, such as the Artifact	15	Experimental	—	Go
49	ahhcash/llm-cli Use LLMs from the command line!	15	Experimental	7	Go
50	atlomak/norbot Terminal app to organize files with LLM	14	Experimental	12	Go
51	scottvr/jelp jelp exposes an argparse CLI as machine-readable JSON (now OpenCLI-shaped),...	14	Experimental	—	Python
52	nlink-jp/lite-series A collection of lightweight CLI tools for working with local and cloud LLMs	14	Experimental	—	—
53	nlink-jp/lite-switch Natural language classifier for shell pipelines. Reads free-form text from...	14	Experimental	—	Go
54	nlink-jp/lite-llm Lightweight CLI for OpenAI-compatible LLM APIs with data isolation, batch...	14	Experimental	—	Go
55	magifd2/lite-llm Lightweight CLI for OpenAI-compatible LLM APIs with data isolation, batch...	14	Experimental	—	Go
56	elloramir/anabanana LLM CLI terminal for local tasks	14	Experimental	—	Lua
57	muzzlol/nomodit A tui/cli tool for interfacing with a LLM fine-tuned on various language...	14	Experimental	4	Go
58	maxyu1115/llmsh llm copilot for any shell	14	Experimental	9	Rust
59	nothub/gogorilla A client for gorilla-cli, the Gorilla LLM shell command generator.	13	Experimental	6	Go
60	jpcx/llmq a query CLI and context manager for LLM-powered shell pipelines	13	Experimental	5	C++
61	DavidLozzi/lew-llm-cli LEW - your LLM Enhanced Workflow in your cli	13	Experimental	2	Python
62	mslinn/llm_cli A CLI that works with Ollama and the Open AI API	13	Experimental	2	Ruby
63	Zachacious/presto A CLI tool to use LLMs on files and directories of files	13	Experimental	2	Go
64	blwsh/llmt Transforms all files in specified directory using a large language model like ChatGPT	12	Experimental	1	Go
65	igorMSoares/llm-chat-cli A simple command-line tool for interacting with different LLM models and...	12	Experimental	1	Go
66	icholy/semgrepx xargs for semgrep	12	Experimental	29	Go
67	haschka/CLI-RAG Command line tool to Interact with a llama.cpp server. Also implements a...	12	Experimental	3	C
68	codeforgee/stream Turn LLM streaming output into real-time structured JSON events.	11	Experimental	5	Go
69	arkraieski/starcoder-cli A CLI wrapper for the StarCoder code LLM with the Hugging Face inference API	11	Experimental	2	JavaScript
70	hocman2/hello-llm-2 Unix friendly LLM interaction tool with no implicit context	11	Experimental	—	Go
71	magifd2/llm-cli A powerful and versatile CLI for interacting with Large Language Models....	11	Experimental	—	Go
72	darling/mana The cutest LLM interface for your terminal	11	Experimental	—	Go
73	besworks/llm-complete A command-line tool for generating text completions using local LLM models...	11	Experimental	—	JavaScript
74	fmcato/llm-go Experiment in vibe coding a CLI to interact with my private ollama server	11	Experimental	—	Go
75	Jamlie/ask A CLI tool for using LLMs	11	Experimental	—	Go
76	queelius/jot A CLI-first, plaintext-native toolkit for capturing and organizing ideas,...	11	Experimental	—	Go
77	mehdizebhi/llm4cli A simple and lightweight CLI tool for interacting with LLMs like Google...	11	Experimental	—	Java
78	magifd2/llm-batch A helper tool for llm-cli to batch-process JSON/JSONL data, featuring...	11	Experimental	—	Go
79	dingus-technology/DINGUS-COPILOT LLM CLI tool for those pesky commands you always forget	10	Experimental	1	Go
80	AriajSarkar/ariaj A powerful CLI interface for Ollama that enables seamless interaction with...	10	Experimental	1	Go
81	dyne/promptline Shell for any LLM over OpenAI APIs	10	Experimental	3	Go