gpt4all-cli 1.0.3

Command-line interface using GPT4ALL bindings

A simple GNU Readline-based application for interaction with chat-oriented AI models using GPT4All Python bindings.

Contents

• Install
  • Pip
  • Nix
• Usage
  • Example session

Install

The following installation options are available:

Pip

$ pip install git+https://github.com/sergei-mironov/gpt4all-cli.git

Note: pip install gpt4all-cli might also work, but the git+https method would bring the most recent version.

Nix

$ git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/sergei-mironov/gpt4all-cli && cd gpt4all-cli
# Optionally, change the 'nixpkgs' input of the flake.nix to a more suitable
$ nix profile install ".#python-gpt4all-cli"

Usage

usage: gpt4all-cli [-h] [--model-dir MODEL_DIR] [--model MODEL]
                   [--num-threads NUM_THREADS] [--device DEVICE]
                   [--readline-key-send READLINE_KEY_SEND]
                   [--readline-prompt READLINE_PROMPT] [--revision]

Command-line arguments

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --model-dir MODEL_DIR
                        Model directory to prepend to model file names
  --model MODEL, -m MODEL
                        Model to use for chatbot
  --num-threads NUM_THREADS, -t NUM_THREADS
                        Number of threads to use for chatbot
  --device DEVICE, -d DEVICE
                        Device to use for chatbot, e.g. gpu, amd, nvidia,
                        intel. Defaults to CPU.
  --readline-key-send READLINE_KEY_SEND
                        Terminal code to treat as Ctrl+Enter (default: \C-k)
  --readline-prompt READLINE_PROMPT
                        Input prompt (default: >>>)
  --revision            Print the revision

The console accepts language defined by the following grammar:

start: (command | escape | text)? (command | escape | text)*
escape.3: /\\./
command.2: /\/reset|\/ask|\/help|\/exit/ | \
           /\/model/ / +/ string | \
           /\/nthreads/ / +/ number | \
           /\/echo/ | /\/echo/ / /
string: /"[^\"]+"/ | /""/
number: /[1-9][0-9]*/
text: /(.(?!\/|\\))*./s

Example session

$ gpt4all-cli

Type /help or a question followed by the /ask command (or by pressing `C-k` key).
>>> /model "~/.local/share/nomic.ai/GPT4All/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct.Q4_0.gguf"
>>> Hi!
>>> /ask
Hello! I'm happy to help you. What's on your mind?^C
>>> What's your name?
>>> /ask
I don't really have a personal name, but you can call me "Assistant"