shell_gpt

Why we included this project

ShellGPT puts the LLM conversation in your terminal, so you can get answers without tabbing over to a browser. Ask a plain-English question and it returns a ready-to-run shell one-liner, a code snippet, or a short explanation, with support for piping in other commands' output and executing a suggestion directly. That covers everyday admin chores like writing a git commit message from a diff, recalling the syntax of a rarely used command, or scanning a batch of piped logs for errors and fixes. A --code mode produces pure program output you can redirect into a file, and a shell integration hotkey drops suggestions straight into your terminal buffer for editing. It works with OpenAI's API out of the box and can be pointed at a local Ollama backend if you'd rather avoid paid keys, though the docs are upfront that local models get less tuning.