qqqa
Dev tools
shell assistant
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How HN took it
2 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 10 critical, out of 21 comments about the project. Thread score -0.22.
Execution: 0 for, 5 againstIdea: 0 for, 4 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful alternative to existing shell LLM tools; Unix philosophy fits.
From 2 comments
very cool, can be useful for simple commands, but i find github cli's copilot extension useful for this, i just do `ghcs <question>` and it gives me an command, i can ask it how…
NSPG911 on HNFeel like this might have already been done and beyond by aichat (which I give the alias `ai` on my machines) https://github.com/sigoden/aichat Nevertheless it’s good to see more…
stevedsimkins on HN
Objections
Binaries and releases were not easy to find; release distribution was in the repo.
From 3 comments
Good one, but I do not see release for MacOS :(
flashu on HNI don't see any binaries on github?
shellfishgene on HNPushing releases right into the repository? That's kinda nuts.
imcritic on HN
Buffers stdout and stderr so long commands show no output.
From 1 comment
Given that it doesn't support multiple tool calls, one thing I noticed that is not ideal is that it seems to buffer stdout and stderr. This means that I don't see any output if…
CGamesPlay on HN
History was on by default, raising privacy concerns.
From 1 comment
Looks interesting! Does it support multiple tool calls in a chain, or only terminating with a single tool use? Why is there a flag to not upload my terminal history and why is…
CGamesPlay on HN
Requests
Pipe stdin input into qq.
From 1 comment
For inspiration (and, ofc, PR since I'm salty that this gets attention while my pet project doesn't), you can checkout clai[0] which works very similarly but has a year or so's…
baalimago on HN
Local LLM support via Ollama.
From 1 comment
Can it run local LLM with quick parameters?
psychoslave on HN
Put suggested command into the shell editor line for editing.
From 1 comment
llm cmdcomp is better: ``` - it puts the command in the shell editor line so you can edit it (for example to specify filenames using the line editor after the fact and make use…
foobarqux on HN
Support a Claude Code subscription instead of an API key.
From 1 comment
Nice! Do you have plans to make it work with a CC subscription? Great idea but not really interested in paying for another API key
insane_dreamer on HN
Questions
Why not use Claude Code instead?
From 1 comment
why use this and not claude code?
jcmontx on HN
Can it run a local LLM with quick parameters?
From 1 comment
Can it run local LLM with quick parameters?
psychoslave on HN
Alternatives named
clai
From 1 comment
For inspiration (and, ofc, PR since I'm salty that this gets attention while my pet project doesn't), you can checkout clai[0] which works very similarly but has a year or so's…
baalimago on HN
aichat
From 2 comments
Feel like this might have already been done and beyond by aichat (which I give the alias `ai` on my machines) https://github.com/sigoden/aichat Nevertheless it’s good to see more…
stevedsimkins on HNI personally prefer aichat, as it allows me the option to copy the command its proposing to the clipboard, iterate further on the prompt, or to describe its choice…
Zetaphor on HN
llm (simonw)
From 1 comment
There is also the llm tool written by simonwillison: https://github.com/simonw/llm I personally use "claude -p" for this
kissgyorgy on HN
llm-cmd-comp
From 1 comment
llm cmdcomp is better: ``` - it puts the command in the shell editor line so you can edit it (for example to specify filenames using the line editor after the fact and make use…
foobarqux on HN
ask (kagisearch)
From 1 comment
I'm using https://github.com/kagisearch/ask It's a simple shell script of 204 lines.
buster on HN