# aandrew-me/tgpt

AI Chatbots in terminal for free

Repository: https://github.com/aandrew-me/tgpt
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tgpt
Language: Go
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: chatgpt, ai, chatbot, cli, go, golang, linux, macos, terminal, windows, llama, mixtral, gpt4
Last push: 2026-08-24T08:18:15+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 96/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 96, longevity 88
- inputs: {"age_days": 1234, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 24, "gap_med": 22.5, "n_releases_24m": 15}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3252, forks 344 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:52.115642+00:00)

## What it is
tgpt is a cross-platform command-line tool written in Go that lets users interact with AI chatbots (GPT, Llama, Mixtral, etc.) directly from the terminal for free. It packages multiple AI providers behind a single CLI with installers for Linux, macOS, Windows, and FreeBSD.

## Use cases
- chat with ai from the terminal
- ask chatgpt questions without an api key
- free ai chatbot in the command line
- query llama or mixtral from cli
- quick ai answers while scripting in shell
- use ai without a browser

## When to choose
- you want free terminal-based AI chat without signing up or managing API keys
- you need a lightweight cross-platform CLI available via brew, choco, pacman, or scoop
- you want to pipe AI responses into shell scripts

## When to avoid
- you need a polished GUI chat experience with conversation history and file uploads
- you require guaranteed uptime or official provider support, since free providers may be unreliable
- you need fine-grained control over model parameters or enterprise-grade privacy compliance

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: chatbot, cli, llm-inference, http-client
- domain: artificial-intelligence, large-language-models, chatbots, developer-tools
- platform: windows, bsd, cli, cross-platform
- tags: terminal, free-ai-access, golang, chatgpt, llama, mixtral, no-api-key, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- aandrew-me/tgpt (main) score 96

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:52.115642+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 2026-08-29T18:43:53.677236+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/aandrew-me/tgpt (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:52.115642+00:00, sha 46afec6ffc0c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.