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Ask
Talk to your shell in natural language. 100% local AI.
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Talk to your shell in natural language. 100% local AI.
4 followers
'ask' turns natural language into shell commands using AI that runs 100% locally via Ollama. No API keys, no cloud, no data leaves your machine. 🔍 Project-aware - detects Go, Node, Python, Rust and tailors commands accordingly; ⚠️ Safety warnings - flags dangerous commands like rm -rf before execution; 💡 Explain mode - prefix any command with ? to understand what it does; 📡 Works offline - once set up, no internet required Open source, built with Go, one-line install.
Hey everyone! 👋
I built this because I wanted to Google less for things like "how to find files modified in the last 24 hours" for the hundredth time. I shared it already with a few folks and they found it useful hence sharing with larger audience.
The idea is simple: describe what you want in plain natural language, get the shell command back. The main benefits of this are:
1. It runs 100% locally.
2. No API keys, no cloud, no data leaving your machine—ever.
3. It uses Ollama under the hood, so your queries stay private.
A few extra things that I added at the moment:
1. Project-awareness - it detects if you're in a Go, Node, Python, or Rust project and tailors commands accordingly;
2. Safety warnings - flags dangerous commands like `rm -rf` before you accidentally nuke something
3. Explain mode - not sure what a command does? Just prefix it with `?` or use `--explain` and get a breakdown.
I'd love to share it with you so it will help you with your daily routines. I'm interested in:
1. What commands do you find yourself constantly looking up?
2. Any shell workflows you'd want AI to help with?
Happy to answer any questions. And if you try it out, feedback is welcome!