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24 alternatives to I created a minimal, secure, terminal native chat application

💬 Chat with your gpg contacts without leaving the terminal - navxio/chatty

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. I created a minimal, secure, terminal native chat application launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    chatty▲2

    💬 Chat with your gpg contacts without leaving the terminal

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    New ways of breaking app-integrated LLMs . Contribute to greshake/llm-security development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    GPTNext▲100

    The coolest ChatGPT experience, no login required

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    Greetings! YakGPT is a simple, frontend-only, ChatGPT UI you can use to either chat normally, or, more excitingly, use your mic + OpenAI's Whisper API to chat hands-free. Some features: * A few fun characters pre-installed * No tracking or analytics, OpenAI is the only thing it calls out to * Optimized for mobile use via hands-free mode and cross-platform compressed audio recording * Your API key and chat history are stored in browser local storage only * Open-source, you can either use the deployed version at Vercel, or run it locally Planned features: * Integrate Eleven Labs & other TTS…

    2023 · yakgpt.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    AI terminal better than ChatGPT

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    ❯❯❯ Chat without leaving your terminal. Contribute to aviaryan/chattt development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Use OpenAI like chatGPT, on your terminal

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Native macOS ChatGPT app with powerful screenshot tools

    2022 · manuelkehl.com · its alternatives →

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    Native iOS support chat for less churn

    3d ago · reception.sh · its alternatives →

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    04-x▲91

    End-to-end encrypted chat UI for LLMs

    2023 · 04-x.com · its alternatives →

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    Privacy focused chat that doesn't store your messages

    2019 · chot.xyz · its alternatives →

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    group chat with end-to-end encryption. Contribute to jeztek/deadchat development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2013 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN, I’m the founder of Pangea. We’ve built a developer platform where you can easily add security to your code through a simple set of APIs - features like authentication, secrets management, audit logging, redaction of PII, restricting embargoed countries, known threat actor intelligence, etc. With the ChatGPT and LLM explosion, we thought of ways to reduce the risk of both the inputs and outputs from these services. Our NextJS sample app adds a security layer on top of ChatGPT with various security services that you can implement quickly. It’s basically a front end to the OpenAI API…

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

  14. 14AB

    Hey! Alexis and Tobi here. We built a native macOS client for ChatGPT API that is free to use (macOS Ventura). https://www.jamgpt.app/ We built and fine-tuned it to scratch our own specific text-processing itches, so we just wanted to share this with the community. If you work with a lot of text or code like we do, check it out. Its core features include: - Instantly talk to ChatGPT from anywhere on your Mac by pressing a keyboard shortcut. - Avoid typing out repetitive prompts by saving prompts and accessing them quickly. - Just download and start typing as you would with…

    2023 · its alternatives →

  15. 15YA

    What I thought would take me weeks in development, took me months, but it's finally out. When ChatGPT API came out in March, my first idea of what to build with it was a spotlight-like app for my mac. The product was ready in a matter of days, but making it useful and sellable to people via some kind of distribution platform was another challenge. Coming from web development, learning how to ship a native app was a trip, but here it is, ready to share with the world. Try it out with the free trial, and I'd appreciate any kind of feedback.

    2023 · letsflyai.com · its alternatives →

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    The ultimate ChatGPT desktop assistant

    2023 · timgerstel.gumroad.com · its alternatives →

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    Chatten Sie kostenlos mit ChatGPT Deutsch, ohne login

    2025 · chatdeutsch.de · its alternatives →

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    I built NICH after realising I couldn't use ChatGPT for my conflict research work without risking data leaks. It's a browser extension that: - Anonymises names, emails, and addresses in one click - Preserves context for AI to understand - Restores original data in AI responses - 100% browser-based (no cloud, data never leaves your device) Built it for researchers, lawyers, HR professionals or simply anyone handling confidential data who wants AI assistance without compliance nightmares. Free to use: https://www.nichtech.uk Would love feedback from the HN community!

    2025 · nichtech.uk · its alternatives →

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    A retro-themed ChatGPT clone with a minimalist console UI

    2025 · console-gpt.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    Back up your ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini chats locally

    2025 · whatpulse.org · its alternatives →

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    Secure, private and easy chat and context migration tool

    Apr 2026 · chatgpt2claude.com · its alternatives →

  23. 23AB
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    Nanjing Taxi is a relatively secure P2P/Serverless chat system. - chewxy/nanjingtaxi

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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