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jebi
A supercharged terminal for Mac with built-in local AI
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A supercharged terminal for Mac with built-in local AI
95 followers
jebi is a supercharged Mac terminal with built-in local AI — no API key, no subscription, no cloud. After every command, it suggests what to run next. Hit an error? jebi explains it in plain English and tells you how to fix it. Type /ask to chat with AI right in your terminal. All AI runs on-device with Qwen, Phi-3, and Gemma — your commands never leave your Mac. Beautiful UI, split panes, tabs, custom themes, grain texture, and slash commands like /ls and /ports.
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The terminal is such an interesting place for this because the cost of a wrong suggestion is higher than in a text editor. Curious how you're thinking about trust: does jebi mostly suggest/explain, or can it also take action directly inside the shell?
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@vidur_saini Really well put — that's exactly the tension we thought about a lot. jebi is strictly suggest-and-explain, never act. It shows next-command suggestions as chips, you click or press ⌘⌥1/2/3 to run — nothing executes without user consent.
local model in the terminal is the right instinct — the cloud round-trip is what kills flow when you just want a quick command rewrite. the quality-vs-resident-size tradeoff is where this gets interesting.
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@qifengzheng Exactly — the round-trip latency is the killer for flow. On the tradeoff: jebi lets you choose from 7 models (Qwen3 4B/8B, Gemma 3, Phi-3, and more) so you can match the model to your machine — pick a lighter 1.1GB model for speed or go up to 5GB for quality. The scope is also narrow enough that you don't need GPT-4 scale — a model that understands shell commands and your session context beats a smarter model with a 2-second cloud round-trip.
Mailwarm
Can you tune how proactive it is or turn suggestions off for certain commands?
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@naimz Yes! Head to Preferences → AI → Advanced — you can toggle command suggestions, error explanations, directory context, and output analysis independently. Turn off just what you don't want.
Trice
@jebi unable to open after installing on mac
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@surenganne Thanks for trying it out.
This is a standard macOS security prompt for apps outside the App Store — jebi is safe to open! To fix it: go to System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll down, and click "Open Anyway" next to jebi. You'll only need to do this once.
We also have this noted on the website (hover the ? icon in install section)
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@marc_vuit About 3 months of evenings and weekends! The terminal rendering (xterm.js + PTY) and getting llama.cpp running reliably on Apple Silicon were the hardest parts. The AI integration itself was actually faster once the foundation was solid.
@jawahars16 nice bro, but mine is an Intel CPU, so I could not try it but already you mentioned that in landing page
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@marc_vuit Thanks for trying it out! Sorry it didn't work — Intel support is on the radar for a future release. Appreciate you giving it a shot!
Suggest and explain, rather than act, is the right default for a terminal. The terminal is too close to real damage for autonomy-first UX; the product earns trust by making the next step legible and still requiring intent.
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@krekeltronics Exactly this. "Legible and requiring intent" is the right frame — the terminal is the one place where autonomy-first AI would genuinely erode trust rather than build it. Appreciate you putting it so clearly.