Terminal LLM Clients LLM Tools

CLI and terminal-based interfaces for interacting with LLM APIs (ChatGPT, Claude, etc.) with direct command-line access. Does NOT include desktop GUI applications, IDE plugins, web interfaces, or tools that use LLMs as a backend for non-chat purposes (like code generation, recipe formatting, or log generation).

There are 67 terminal llm clients tools tracked. The highest-rated is j178/leetgo at 49/100 with 672 stars. 1 of the top 10 are actively maintained.

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#	Tool	Score	Tier	Stars	Language
1	j178/leetgo Best LeetCode friend for geek. :snowboarder:	49	Emerging	672	Go
2	flows-network/chatgpt-github-app A ChatGPT bot to respond to your GitHub Issues	43	Emerging	120	Rust
3	collinvandyck/gpterm terminal client for openai's GPT completion APIs	42	Emerging	27	Go
4	kkdai/chatgpt ChatGPT Console client in Golang	39	Emerging	247	Go
5	j178/chatgpt An elegant interactive CLI for ChatGPT	39	Emerging	782	Go
6	tomba-io/tomba CLI utility to search or verify email addresses in seconds.	35	Emerging	7	Go
7	duanemay/chatgpt-cli Interact with ChatGPT directly from your command line	35	Emerging	33	Go
8	ferama/yay 🐹 interact with openai api from command line	34	Emerging	4	Go
9	chand1012/git2gpt Convert a Git repo into a ChatGPT prompt!	34	Emerging	175	Go
10	elsejj/gpt a cli tool use to send GPT request	34	Emerging	9	Go
11	tmc/cgpt cgpt - cli for LLM operations	33	Emerging	36	Go
12	stillmatic/chat simplest ChatGPT CLI	33	Emerging	14	Go
13	ingyamilmolinar/doctorgpt DoctorGPT brings GPT into production for application log error diagnosing!	30	Emerging	208	Go
14	polpielladev/chatty-cli A Swift command line application to ask ChatGPT anything directly from the terminal	30	Emerging	21	Swift
15	dwisiswant0/chatgptui ChatGPT 🤖 with Textual User Interface (TUI) mode written in Go.	29	Experimental	96	Go
16	byebyebruce/chat2code Chat with your code using natural language	29	Experimental	12	Go
17	semanser/JsonGenius Get structured JSON data from any page.	29	Experimental	176	Go
18	gvcgo/gvc Geek's valuable collection. A cross-platform supertool that brings...	27	Experimental	132	Go
19	Leizhenpeng/gpt-chatBot-cli A CLI ChatBot Power By Gpt3 基于gpt3引擎实现CLI版本的chatgpt~	26	Experimental	6	Go
20	yeeaiclub/fasttui very fast tui	26	Experimental	5	Go
21	kojix2/chatgpt-cli Yet another ChatGPT command line tool	26	Experimental	26	Crystal
22	tianshanghong/GPT4Go GPT4Go: AI-Powered Test Case Generation for Golang 🧪	26	Experimental	64	Go
23	igolaizola/igogpt AutoGPT and other GPT and AI tools written in Golang	26	Experimental	73	Go
24	kohkimakimoto/gptx An extensible command-line utility powered by ChatGPT, designed to enhance...	24	Experimental	4	Go
25	geekr-dev/chatgpt-client 命令行版 ChatGPT 应用	24	Experimental	16	Go
26	insectkorea/swagGPT SwagGPT is an experimental CLI tool designed to automatically generate and...	23	Experimental	2	Go
27	freesrz93/ask-gpt A CLI tool to chat with OpenAI LLMs via API. Support custom roles,...	22	Experimental	1	Go
28	shafreeck/guru A ChatGPT command line client	22	Experimental	57	Go
29	imfing/gptui 🤖 Terminal UI for ChatGPT and more	22	Experimental	7	Go
30	zoobz-io/chit Conversation lifecycle controller for LLM-powered applications	22	Experimental	—	Go
31	goark/gpt-cli CLI tool for GPT with OpenAI API	22	Experimental	7	Go
32	gvcgo/gogpt A GPT TUI client with proxy supported.	21	Experimental	12	Go
33	BkrmDahal/cli-chatgpt CLI to call chatGPT api with query and system context.	21	Experimental	11	Go
34	HatsuneMiku3939/pipegpt pipegpt is a command-line tool that allows interaction with OpenAI ChatGPT,...	21	Experimental	8	Go
35	davidleitw/naming naming made easy: Elevate your code's readability with just one command.	20	Experimental	29	Go
36	fzdp/richat A powerful command-line ChatGPT tool	20	Experimental	15	Ruby
37	umbertocicciaa/chatgpt-cli Simple chatgpt cli, no excessive depency, no complexity, just a file	20	Experimental	1	Go
38	xusenlin/terminal-bot 🍭Quickly ask questions using chatgpt in the terminal.	20	Experimental	16	Go
39	felixscode/GoTouch A fast, terminal-based touch typing trainer built in Go with AI-powered...	17	Experimental	2	Go
40	nicholaswilde/cook-import A command line tool to import recipes into Cooklang format using ChatGPT	16	Experimental	1	Go
41	wanyuqin/go-chat-terminal gChat 是一个封装了OpenAI接口的一个终端工具 gChat is a terminal tool that encapsulates the...	16	Experimental	3	Go
42	spideyz0r/gpt-cli-chat A chat gpt chat on the cli written in golang	15	Experimental	—	Go
43	studyzy/cm-contract-gpt 长安链DockerGo智能合约编写GPT助手	15	Experimental	2	Go
44	AlexW00/cli-gpt 💬 Simple TUI for ChatGPT.	15	Experimental	20	Shell
45	hanma-kun/Chat-GPT-Console This is a console application that allows you to chat with ChatGPT using the...	14	Experimental	1	Go
46	milliorn/chatgpt-cli Chat with OpenAI GPT-3 using Golang, NodeJs, or Python	14	Experimental	1	Go
47	SilentPuck/SilentGPT Encrypted GPT client in pure C — terminal only, no telemetry. 🕶️	14	Experimental	4	C
48	Gelembjuk/cleverchatty-cli It is the CLI program using the cleverchatty package to act a s an AI chat tool	14	Experimental	4	Go
49	hktalent/ChatGPT-API OpenAI ChatGPT, GPT-3, ChatGPT-API for go,ChatGPT in bash shell command line	13	Experimental	10	Go
50	lucasepe/gptcli An interactive ChatGPT client featuring shortcuts and auto-complete.	13	Experimental	7	Go
51	ivershuo/chatbash An OpenAI-based tool to control your 💻	13	Experimental	6	Go
52	mvrilo/boilerplaite boilerplaite is a command-line tool and go package to generate boilerplate...	13	Experimental	6	Go
53	shuntaka9576/oax 💥 CLI for OpenAI's ChatGPT	13	Experimental	5	Go
54	zarkones/Go-MicroGPT MicroGPT rewriten in Golang by Justabot	13	Experimental	—	Go
55	noodnik2/gochat Simple golang AI Chat CLI	12	Experimental	3	Go
56	amirfakhrullah/go-chat Communicate with ChatGPT quickly through terminal. Written in Go.	11	Experimental	2	Go
57	victorialangoe/GoGPT A simple command-line chatbot written in Go with natural language...	11	Experimental	—	Go
58	siriscmv/clyde-tui A terminal interface for Clyde (Discord AI based on ChatGPT)	11	Experimental	2	Go
59	ederenee/anx Fix your bugs faster without opening your browser	11	Experimental	2	Go
60	mio256/chatgpt-cli Simple CLI made with Go for ChatGPT.	11	Experimental	2	Go
61	chrisdothtml/gpt-cmd Sit back and let ChatGPT run your commands for you.	11	Experimental	2	Go
62	vmotta8/callgraph-cli A CLI tool for analyzing function call graphs and improving LLM context.	11	Experimental	2	Go
63	mtnmunuklu/logen Generates synthetic logs for Sigma rules	11	Experimental	2	Go
64	eastse/chatai The ChatGPT API CLI application is a command-line interface based tool...	10	Experimental	1	Go
65	asaliev/opengo Communicate with ChatGPT via command line	10	Experimental	1	Go
66	ryuichi-maeda/ecgpt English Conversation/Chat CLI Tool using GPT model	10	Experimental	1	Go
67	devopshobbies/gholam-cli An cli assistant for working with Gholam	10	Experimental	1	Go

Comparisons in this category

chatgpt and chatgptui (39 vs 29) chatgpt and cgpt (39 vs 33) chatgpt and chatgpt-cli (39 vs 35) chatgpt and chatty-cli (39 vs 30) chatgpt and chat (39 vs 33) chatgpt and gpt-chatBot-cli (39 vs 26) chatgpt and chatgptui (39 vs 29) chatgpt and cgpt (39 vs 33) chatgpt and chatgpt-cli (39 vs 35) chatgpt and chat (39 vs 33)