# felixrieseberg/clippy

📎 Clippy, now with some AI

Repository: https://github.com/felixrieseberg/clippy
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/clippy
Homepage: https://felixrieseberg.github.io/clippy/
Language: TypeScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: ai, clippy, electron, llama, llm, retro
Last push: 2025-11-15T23:32:51+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 45/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 52, release rhythm 40, longevity 39
- inputs: {"age_days": 548, "days_push": 291, "days_rel": 482, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 6}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1351, forks 82 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:28.319975+00:00)

## What it is
A desktop chat application that runs local LLMs (GGUF models via llama.cpp) behind a nostalgic 1990s Microsoft Office Clippy assistant interface. It is also a reference implementation of @electron/llm for Electron developers adding local language models to their apps.

## Use cases
- chat with local llms offline
- run gguf models on my desktop without setup
- nostalgic clippy assistant chat app
- reference example for electron local llm apps
- private offline chatbot that never sends data to the cloud
- load custom gguf models and tweak prompts

## When to choose
- you want a fun, zero-setup local LLM chat app with retro charm
- you need an Electron example of integrating llama.cpp/node-llama-cpp
- you want fully offline, private inference with Metal/CUDA/Vulkan acceleration

## When to avoid
- you need a serious, feature-rich local LLM chat client
- you want server-side or multi-user deployment
- you dislike novelty/retro UIs and just want a plain chat interface

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: llm-inference, chatbot, chat-interface, gui
- domain: large-language-models, desktop-applications, artificial-intelligence, entertainment
- platform: cross-platform, windows
- tags: retro, clippy, gguf, llama-cpp, local-llm, nostalgia, windows-98, software-art, offline, desktop, electron, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- felixrieseberg/clippy (main) score 45

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:28.319975+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:42:12.978667+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/felixrieseberg/clippy (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:28.319975+00:00, sha 61530974b687)
  - homepage: https://felixrieseberg.github.io/clippy/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:01:14.031102+00:00, sha 4fac59be5c6f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.