Terminal ChatGPT Interfaces LLM Tools

CLI tools and terminal-based applications for interacting with ChatGPT and LLMs directly from the command line. Does NOT include desktop GUI applications, IDE plugins, web interfaces, or server/API wrappers for external control.

There are 40 terminal chatgpt interfaces tools tracked. 1 score above 70 (verified tier). The highest-rated is karthink/gptel at 72/100 with 3,246 stars. 1 of the top 10 are actively maintained.

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#	Tool	Score	Tier	Stars	Language
1	karthink/gptel A simple, extensible LLM client for Emacs	72	Verified	3,246	Emacs Lisp
2	jucasoliveira/terminalGPT Get GPT like chatGPT on your terminal	56	Established	1,027	TypeScript
3	xenodium/chatgpt-shell A multi-llm Emacs shell (ChatGPT, Claude, DeepSeek, Gemini, Kagi, Ollama,...	47	Emerging	1,203	Emacs Lisp
4	stuhlmueller/gpt.el A simple Emacs package for calling instruction-following language models	44	Emerging	79	Emacs Lisp
5	tychozzz/gpt-web-terminal ✨ Open ChatGPT with Programmer's Approach! GPT Terminal is a platform that...	37	Emerging	249	TypeScript
6	jasonstitt/promptform Command-line tool for running files in bulk through ChatGPT APIs	36	Emerging	9	TypeScript
7	LagPixelLOL/ChatGPTCLIBot ChatGPT Bot in CLI with long term memory support using Embeddings.	36	Emerging	339	C++
8	wonderwhy-er/ChatGPTServerCommander This project is a server that exposes terminal commands and file editing...	35	Emerging	43	JavaScript
9	joshcho/ChatGPT.el ChatGPT in Emacs	34	Emerging	395	Emacs Lisp
10	CarlQLange/chatgpt-arcana.el Put ChatGPT in your emacs and give yourself arcane powers 🔮	32	Emerging	83	Emacs Lisp
11	yonashailug/chatgpt-cli Interactive Chatgpt cli made with nodejs	32	Emerging	22	JavaScript
12	Whomrx666/Whomrx-gpt This is a Whomrx GPT which is related to the worm GPT and the natural enemy...	32	Emerging	92	Python
13	robertjbass/ask-chat ChatGPT in the terminal for quick questions that don't interrupt your workflow	30	Emerging	2	TypeScript
14	robusta-dev/kubernetes-chatgpt-bot A ChatGPT bot for Kubernetes issues.	30	Emerging	921	Python
15	improveTheWorld/ChatGPT-Executor ChatGPT-Executor is a server application that empowers ChatGPT to execute...	29	Experimental	15	C#
16	easychen/gpt-bat GPT长文本批处理工具，Batch Processing tools for GPT	25	Experimental	197	JavaScript
17	cjbarre/multi-gpt A Clojure interface into the GPT API with advanced tools like conversational...	24	Experimental	46	Clojure
18	codeacme17/terminal-chatGPT Chat with chatGPT on your terminal	23	Experimental	19	JavaScript
19	zonixlab/zonix Zonix is a command line interface integrated with the OpenAI artificial...	23	Experimental	5	TypeScript
20	jschuur/chatgpt-repl Interactive CLI for ChatGPT	19	Experimental	14	TypeScript
21	JonWatkins/gpt-term Run ChatGpt in your terminal	19	Experimental	—	TypeScript
22	laike9m/logseq-chatgpt Talk to ChatGPT directly from Logseq	19	Experimental	36	JavaScript
23	Akitata/chatgpt-ui ChatGPT Bot UI	16	Experimental	3	Go
24	peacedudes/gpt-pair-workflow Clipboard-first GPT pairing workflow (peek → patch → apply)	15	Experimental	—	Shell
25	feri-irawan/simple-chat-gpt-cli A simple ChatGPT CLI using NodeJS	15	Experimental	2	JavaScript
26	roryrjb/node-gpt-repl A Node.js REPL with built-in GPT3 completion	14	Experimental	13	JavaScript
27	bjwswang/assistant Assistant with the help of ChatGPT!	13	Experimental	5	Go
28	shcherbanich/symfony-console-gpt GPT Console Assistant - communicate with your application in the same language	13	Experimental	8	PHP
29	KarimAziev/gpt-doc Document Elisp code with chat GPT.	13	Experimental	2	Emacs Lisp
30	rocket-pig/autobabytermux chatGPT 'Autonomous Agent' in Node.js, written/runs in Termux. Sandboxed...	12	Experimental	16	JavaScript
31	CouesF/GPTTableBatcher A lightweight tool for batch calling of GPT models through excel tables,...	12	Experimental	3	HTML
32	KevCui/chatgpt-cli 💬 Chat with Chatgpt in terminal	11	Experimental	—	JavaScript
33	Sahidev1/bash_gpt chatgpt from linux terminal	11	Experimental	—	JavaScript
34	guilt/GEP Great Extractor and Packer for DOS	11	Experimental	—	C++
35	Jeffrey0117/gitgpt 💬 GPT chat CLI with git version control for conversations - Track and...	11	Experimental	—	JavaScript
36	longlongago2/chatgpt-console ChatGPT for terminal	11	Experimental	2	JavaScript
37	rajaravivarman/urai Interactive shell in terminal for chatgpt.	11	Experimental	2	JavaScript
38	psastras/chatgpt-lint A linter using ChatGPT to suggest code improvements	11	Experimental	2	TypeScript
39	syeo66/iambored A GPT powered command line tool to suggest things to do when you are bored	10	Experimental	1	TypeScript
40	wkaisertexas/chatgpt ChatGPT, but in your terminal	10	Experimental	1	JavaScript

Comparisons in this category

gptel and chatgpt-shell (72 vs 47) gptel and ChatGPT.el (72 vs 34) gptel and chatgpt-arcana.el (72 vs 32) gptel and gpt.el (72 vs 44) terminalGPT and gpt-web-terminal (56 vs 37) terminalGPT and gpt-bat (56 vs 25) terminalGPT and chatgpt-cli (56 vs 32) terminalGPT and terminal-chatGPT (56 vs 23) terminalGPT and ask-chat (56 vs 30) ChatGPT.el and chatgpt-arcana.el (34 vs 32)