simonmysun / ell
A command-line interface for LLMs written in Bash.
Why this job: works in the areas we cover, but does not say which job it does
What it does
- Ask LLMs from your terminal
- Bring your terminal context to the LLMs and ask questions
- Chat with LLMs in your terminal
- Function calling and more supported via templates
Get started
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/simonmysun/ell.git \
"${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/ell"
echo 'export PATH="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/ell:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc You need: bash-4.1 or later; coreutils / OS X utilities and awk and sed; curl (For sending HTTPS requests)
- Maintenance
- Active
- Last commit 3 months ago
- Stars
- 430
- On GitHub
- Licence
- MIT
- Allows business use
- Downloads for
- None listed
- No release files
- Latest version
- v0.2.0
- Released 3 months ago
- Built with
- Shell
- 95% of the code
Is it looked after?
- Contributors
- Not stated
- Last 90 days
- Issues
- 85% closed
- 4 still open
- Pull requests
- 24 merged
- 0 waiting
- Releases
- 3
- 1 in the last year
- Contributing guide (opens in new tab)
- No security policy
- No code of conduct
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More: languages, topics and project record
Languages
- Shell 95%
- Awk 3%
- Python 1%
Topics
- gpt
- llm
- gemini
- openai
- bash
Project record
- JobOther AI tools
- StatusListed
- Commits266
- Forks20
- Watching1
- Stars in 28 days0
- CreatedJul 27, 2024
- First seen by usNov 7, 2026
- CheckedNov 8, 2026