Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to ShellAI – Local Terminal Assistance with SLM
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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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I was constantly googling CLI commands so I built this small CLI tool with GPT3. You can ask for shell commands right from the CLI. You'd need to use your own API KEY for this but it's pretty simple, instructions are in the README Not perfect but not bad either.
2022 · 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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Contribute to liolaarc/monki development by creating an account on GitHub.
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A shell in every text input on your system. Contribute to p-e-w/shin development by creating an account on GitHub.
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hashnode in your terminal. Contribute to Hashnode/hashnode-cli development by creating an account on GitHub.
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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LLM-CLI▲13Cloud and local LLM AI assistant for the command line
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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Contribute to liolaarc/monki development by creating an account on GitHub.
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Integrate LLM in your shell. Contribute to soheil/shllm development by creating an account on GitHub.
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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How▲8how: terminal assistant generating accurate shell commands
Oct 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Bike sharing at your terminal 🚲. Contribute to eskerda/cmdbikes development by creating an account on GitHub.
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Ask▲4Talk to your shell in natural language. Locally. Contribute to ykushch/ask development by creating an account on GitHub.
Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Contribute to hamsterbase/llm-translator development by creating an account on GitHub.
May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Instead of giving LLM tools SSH access or installing them on a server, the following command: $ promptctl ssh user@server makes a set of locally defined prompts "magically" appear within the remote shell as executable command line programs. For example, I have locally defined prompts for `llm-analyze-config` and `askai`. Then on (any) remote host I can: $ promptctl ssh user@host # Now on remote host $ llm-analyze-config /etc/nginx.conf $ cat docker-compose.yml | askai "add a load balancer" the prompts behind `llm-analyze-config` and `askai` execute on my local computer (even though…
Mar 2026 · docs.promptcmd.sh · its alternatives →
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A todo command line todo manager ✔️. Contribute to darrikonn/td-cli development by creating an account on GitHub.
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hackers' Guide to Language Models. Contribute to fastai/lm-hackers development by creating an account on GitHub.
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hey everyone! For the past two weeks my friend and I have been heads-down building Cloi, a fully local debugging agent that runs right in your terminal. You probably know the drill—every AI coding tool asks for API keys, subscriptions, and uploads your entire codebase to the cloud. Cloi does none of that: it runs entirely on your machine, with no cloud, no API keys, no subscriptions, and zero data leaving your system. What Cloi does: - Contextual error capture: Grabs your stack trace, local files, and environment to understand the issue. - Local LLM inference: Spins up Ollama on your box and…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Typing practice with Pokémon on your terminal. Contribute to shoyu777/poke-typing-cli development by creating an account on GitHub.
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Clojure IDE for OS X. Contribute to sdegutis/Leviathan development by creating an account on GitHub.
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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👨🍳 CLI Tool to create universal boilerplates. Contribute to eykrehbein/cook development by creating an account on GitHub.
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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