Rivet
AI
agent development environment
SHOW HN2023
How HN took it
6 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 15 comments about the project. Thread score +0.34.
Idea: 2 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Visual programming is a good fit for LLM work and makes prompting easier
From 2 comments
This is a game changer. I have implemented AI features recently, and it was a nightmare using code. Visual programming is a perfect match for AI. And Rivet is very neat and…
abdellah123 on HNSuper interesting. I haven’t seen much chain support tech for ts folk which is a hard requirement for more production applications.
bbischof on HN
Debugger and TypeScript support praised
From 2 comments
This is awesome! I've been looking for exactly this type of solution that gives a more intuitive (yet robust) ui and has node/typescript api (rivets node sdk is even better!).…
jamesmcintyre on HNSuper interesting. I haven’t seen much chain support tech for ts folk which is a hard requirement for more production applications.
bbischof on HN
Polished and neat UI
From 1 comment
This is a game changer. I have implemented AI features recently, and it was a nightmare using code. Visual programming is a perfect match for AI. And Rivet is very neat and…
abdellah123 on HN
Objections
Saving project files is janky, downloads the project file in web mode
From 2 comments
Looks interesting! Since it's already typescript, are there any plans for a web app in addition to desktop?
gsuuon on HNThanks! Actually, when running locally, you can open it in a web app. There's one catch, though: saving project files is pretty janky (it downloads the project file). I think…
gogwilt on HN
Requests
Support for open-source LLMs such as LocalAI or vLLM
From 1 comment
Excited to give this a try! A visual environment seems like a natural fit for chained LLM calls. Have you considered supporting OSS LLMs? Inference servers like LocalAI or vLLM…
virtuallyvivek on HN
A web app version alongside desktop
From 1 comment
Looks interesting! Since it's already typescript, are there any plans for a web app in addition to desktop?
gsuuon on HN
Real-world open-source example projects
From 1 comment
Are there any real world projects which are open source using this? Would love to take a peek on how this looks like on something non trivial.
jayfk on HN
Questions
How does it choose between plugins, and can an LLM choose them dynamically?
From 2 comments
This is awesome! I've been looking for exactly this type of solution that gives a more intuitive (yet robust) ui and has node/typescript api (rivets node sdk is even better!).…
jamesmcintyre on HNThanks! Really glad to hear it, and excited to hear what you think! Rivet doesn't have a built-in way of choosing between different ChatGPT plugins, so you have to explicitly…
gogwilt on HN
How does it compare to langflow and flowise?
From 1 comment
Nice app, and thank you for OSS! Am I right, that the following 2 services solve the same product in a similar way: https://github.com/logspace-ai/langflow ,…
denidoman on HN
Advice on how many tools to give an agent
From 2 comments
Awesome work Cai and Andy. Do you have advice on structuring functions for best results? (eg, is it a good idea to give my agent access to things like a calculator "in case it…
dsaffy on HNThanks! I don't think it's a good idea to give an agent tools "just in case." We've opted for giving our agents access to a few distinct, but powerful tools, and then trusting…
gogwilt on HN
Alternatives named
Langflow
From 1 comment
Nice app, and thank you for OSS! Am I right, that the following 2 services solve the same product in a similar way: https://github.com/logspace-ai/langflow ,…
denidoman on HN
Flowise
From 1 comment
Nice app, and thank you for OSS! Am I right, that the following 2 services solve the same product in a similar way: https://github.com/logspace-ai/langflow ,…
denidoman on HN
LLMStack
From 1 comment
We recently opensourced a similar platform for building workflows by chaining LLMs visually along with LocalAI support. Check it out at https://github.com/trypromptly/LLMStack.…
ajhai on HN
LangChain and LlamaIndex
From 1 comment