GitHub - ahmedhosssam/chatbang: A CLI tool to access ChatGPT from the terminal without an API key

Chatbang

Chatbang is a simple tool to access ChatGPT from the terminal, without needing for an API key.

Installation

On Linux:

curl -L https://github.com/ahmedhosssam/chatbang/releases/latest/download/chatbang -o chatbang
chmod +x chatbang
sudo mv chatbang /usr/bin/chatbang

Install from source:

git clone git@github.com:ahmedhosssam/chatbang.git
cd chatbang
go mod tidy
go build main.go
sudo mv main /usr/bin/chatbang

Configuration

Note: You need to execute chatbang --config at least once to create the config file in the directory $HOME/.config/chatbang.

Chatbang requires a Chromium-based browser (e.g. Chrome, Edge, Brave) to work, so you need to have one installed. And then make sure that the config file points to the right path of your chosen browser in the default config path for Chatbang: $HOME/.config/chatbang/chatbang.

It's default is:

browser=/usr/bin/google-chrome

Change it to the right path of your favorite Chromium-based browser.

Note: Chatbang doesn't work when the browser is installed with Snap, the only option right now is to install it in /bin or /usr/bin.

Then, you need to log in to ChatGPT in Chatbang's Chromium session, so you need to do:

That will open Chatbang's Chromium session on ChatGPT's website, log in with your account.

Then, you will need to allow the clipboard permission for ChatGPT's website (on the same session).

Usage

It's very simple, just type chatbang in the terminal.

How it works?

Read that article: https://ahmedhosssam.github.io/posts/chatbang/