shell-genie
Dev tools
natural language shell
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How HN took it
4 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 9 critical, out of 21 comments about the project. Thread score -0.25.
Execution: 1 for, 4 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 5 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for finding shell commands people would otherwise google
From 2 comments
This looks really cool. The number of times I've had to google things like "delete all files that were created before a certain date but not if they have certain characters or…
quartz on HNYou know, I've used Warp for a while now and I remember them releasing the AI feature and ignoring it because it sounded like a cute gimmick to look good for VC fundraising, but…
hbn on HN
Objections
Could run destructive commands such as deleting files
From 3 comments
Looks cool? Won’t be that cool when it decides to delete random shit off your computer.
bamboozled on HNWhat could go wrong ?
thealch3m1st on HNWhat could go wrong!
tiku on HN
Generated commands can be wrong
From 1 comment
and of course that answer is wrong: "find all json files in the current directory that are larger than 1MB" find . -name "*.json" -size +1M
mzs on HN
Requests
Warn when a command looks dangerous
From 1 comment
It won’t run any command unless you explicitly tell it to do so. But yes I’d also like to provide some sort of warning if a certain command “looks dangerous”. I’ve been thinking…
dylanjcastillo on HN
Show manpage links or verbose details for commands
From 1 comment
I see it does provide some details (and asks if you want to proceed), maybe adding a --verbose / -v flag could throw in some more details, or a link to a manpage for the command?
blacksmith_tb on HN
Shorter command name such as genie
From 1 comment
This looks really cool. The number of times I've had to google things like "delete all files that were created before a certain date but not if they have certain characters or…
quartz on HN
Questions
What is free-genie built on and is it open source
From 1 comment
Nice - similar to demo I threw together https://github.com/graiz/cbot/ The more interesting piece for me was free-genie? What is that built on? Is that open source?
graiz on HN
Alternatives named
Warp terminal with AI
From 1 comment
Have you tried Warp for mac, provided with Ai. Build with Rust. https://www.warp.dev/
joehogans on HN
Similar demo cbot
From 1 comment
Nice - similar to demo I threw together https://github.com/graiz/cbot/ The more interesting piece for me was free-genie? What is that built on? Is that open source?
graiz on HN