darrenburns/elia
A snappy, keyboard-centric terminal user interface for interacting with large language models. Chat with ChatGPT, Claude, Llama 3, Phi 3, Mistral, Gemma and more. observed · 2026-10-11
Health v2 · maintenance only
21/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 90
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 1265
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 740
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2481 stars · 155 forks observed · 2026-10-11
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Elia is a keyboard-centric terminal user interface (TUI) application for chatting with large language models like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and local models via Ollama or LocalAI. Conversations are stored locally in a SQLite database, and the app is built in Python with the Textual framework.
Use cases
- chat with ChatGPT or Claude from the terminal
- run a local LLM chat client with ollama
- keyboard-driven TUI for talking to LLMs
- store LLM chat history locally in SQLite
- quickly ask an LLM a question inline from the shell
- connect to a custom OpenAI-compatible local model server
When to choose
- you live in the terminal and want a fast, keyboard-first LLM chat client
- you want local conversation storage without a cloud account for history
- you want one interface for both proprietary APIs and local models via Ollama or LocalAI
When to avoid
- you need a graphical chat app with rich media or file attachments
- you need multi-user or team features
- you want a web-based or mobile chat interface
Facets
application · maturity active
chat-interface llm-inference terminal-ui cli large-language-models chatbots developer-tools artificial-intelligence cli python windows cross-platform tui chatgpt claude ollama textual sqlite keyboard-driven command-line linux macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/darrenburns/elia · fetched 2026-10-11 · 673e4db17a3b
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| darrenburns/elia | main | 21 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="darrenburns/elia")
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