Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Assistant-TUI, a terminal user interface for OpenAI's assistant API
Hi HN! I just released assistant-tui, a terminal user interface for OpenAI's Assistant API. If terminal is your thing, it can be a great way to test and evaluate the API and its results. It implements not only the API, but also all the infrastructure to make it work, including polling, local repository, and more. Feedbacks and stars are welcome! https://github.com/dalssoft/assistant-tui
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Assistant-TUI, a terminal user interface for OpenAI's assistant API launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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A Terminal UI to browse Hacker News. Contribute to aome510/hackernews-TUI development by creating an account on GitHub.
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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tui-use lets agents interact with programs that expect a human at the keyboard — REPLs, debuggers, TUI apps, and anything else bash can't reach. - onesuper/tui-use
Apr 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Get ready to chat with your ultimate video companion
2023 · kites.dev · its alternatives →
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2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! We just shipped a full-featured TUI (Text User Interface) for chatting with your Marvin bots, powered by GPT 4 or GPT-3.5. Like all of Marvin, it's fully open-source and we hope you find it useful. To launch it, upgrade and run `marvin chat`. The TUI is built with Textual (https://github.com/textualize/textual/) and uses some of its newest features including background workers and modals. We've made base TUIs before but this is the first one that's a true "app" with many screens and coordinated global state. Happy to answer any questions about working with…
2023 · askmarvin.ai · its alternatives →
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An open-source CLI tool that records UI flows and uses AI to generate exhaustive Playwright test suites. Record once, get full test coverage.
Apr 2026 · resources.kusho.ai · its alternatives →
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GhostCLI▲18A free AI assistant for developers who live in the terminal.
Jun 2026 · ghost-cli.eu.cc · its alternatives →
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AI Assistant▲70Text generation, working with links, files, search
2023 · say-apps.com · its alternatives →
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Create and try terminal interfaces with Lua.
9d ago · uji.sh · its alternatives →
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tui automation kit for agents, like playwright for the terminal - honeybadge-labs/virtui
Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Drop-in replacement for OpenAI's powerful new Assistants API
2023 · ibm.com · its alternatives →
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i always loved looking up the On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (OEIS) when researching a sequence of numbers. so I decided to make a TUI and CLI for it so that I can browse sequences in the terminal. it supports almost all the features on the site (including the OEIS Webcam) and supports graphs, a preview pane, exporting and bookmarks. more features here: https://github.com/hako/oeis-tui?tab=readme-ov-file#features repo: https://github.com/hako/oeis-tui gitHub releases: https://github.com/hako/oeis-tui/releases cargo:…
Nov 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Since I mostly work within the terminal, I wanted an AI coding assistant that integrates seamlessly with it. Something I could call from SSH, integrate into scripts or just invoke quickly without leaving the shell. Most existing tools (at the time) were either closed, required various dependencies, or tied to a specific vendor. I wanted a free, open-source alternative that: - installs with a single binary (useful on bare servers) - talks to any LLM endpoint and especially self-hosted open weight model - could run headless, composable, and Unix-like SHAI stands for SHell AI! Along the way I…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A delightfully minimal, yet remarkably powerful AI Shell Assistant. - ibigio/shell-ai
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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api2ai parses OpenAPI Spec to generate an agent that can make API calls. For context, I recently need to explore a handful of API suites and thought LLMs can help expedite this process. After some digging, I found OpenAPI Specs are perfect fit for function calling. Based on a text prompt, api2ai can select the right endpoint and properly parse request params and make api calls. It also handles authentication, currently it supports basic auth, api keys, and bearer token schemes. The tool has helped me explore and see APIs in action without a deep dive into the docs or using postman. It’s open…
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Contribute to letientai299/7guis development by creating an account on GitHub.
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Its a simple widget that allows you to embed a very simple assistant on your website, you can easily train it on your docs and make it answer questions relevantely
2023 · npmjs.com · its alternatives →
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Agents can run non-interactive commands, but they often fail once a workflow needs a real terminal (SSH sessions, installers, debuggers, REPLs, TUIs). I built term-cli so an agent can drive an interactive terminal session (keystrokes in, output out, wait for prompts). And it comes with agent skill for easy integration. It supports in-band file transfer: the agent can move files through the terminal stream itself (same channel as the interactive session), which is useful when the agent doesn’t have scp/sftp, shared volumes, or direct filesystem access across boundaries. Recent example:…
Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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