tenere

Demo

Features

• Syntax highlights
• Chat history
• Save chats to files
• Vim keybinding (most common ops)
• Copy text from/to clipboard (works only on the prompt)
• Multiple backends
• Automatically load the last saved chat into history

Supported Backends

• ChatGPT
• llama.cpp
• ollama

Installation

Binary releases

You can download the pre-built binaries from the release page

crates.io

tenere can be installed from crates.io

cargo install tenere

❄️ NixOS / Nix

Tenere is available in nixpkgs and can be installed via configuration.nix:

environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
  tenere
];

For non-NixOS systems, install directly with:

nix-env -iA nixpkgs.tenere

Mobile (nix-on-droid)

Tenere works on Android via nix-on-droid (demo).

To set up (tutorial):

1. Install nix-on-droid from F-Droid
2. Add tenere to your packages in ".config/nixpkgs/nix-on-droid.nix":
3. Run nix-on-droid switch
4. Create your config at ".config/tenere/config.toml"

Homebrew

brew install tenere

⚒️ Build from source

To build from the source, you need Rust compiler and Cargo package manager.

Once Rust and Cargo are installed, run the following command to build:

cargo build --release

This will produce an executable file at target/release/tenere that you can copy to a directory in your $PATH.

⚙️ Configuration

Tenere can be configured using a TOML configuration file. By default, the configuration file is located at:

• Linux: $HOME/.config/tenere/config.toml or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/tenere/config.toml
• Mac: $HOME/Library/Application Support/tenere/config.toml
• Windows: ~/AppData/Roaming/tenere/config.toml

Custom Configuration Path

You can optionally specify a custom path for the configuration file using the -c flag. This allows you to override the default configuration file location.

Example Usage

# Use the default configuration path
tenere

# Specify a custom configuration path
tenere -c ~/path/to/custom/config.toml

General settings

Here are the available general settings:

• llm: the llm model name. Possible values are:
  • chatgpt
  • llamacpp
  • ollama

llm  = "chatgpt"

Key bindings

Tenere supports customizable key bindings. You can modify some of the default key bindings by updating the [key_bindings] section in the configuration file. Here is an example with the default key bindings

[key_bindings]
show_help = '?'
show_history = 'h'
new_chat = 'n'

ℹ️ Note

To avoid overlapping with vim key bindings, you need to use ctrl + key except for help ?.

Chatgpt

To use chatgpt as the backend, you'll need to provide an API key for OpenAI. There are two ways to do this:

Set an environment variable with your API key:

export OPENAI_API_KEY="YOUTR KEY HERE"

Or

Include your API key in the configuration file:

[chatgpt]
openai_api_key = "Your API key here"
model = "gpt-3.5-turbo"
url = "https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions"

The default model is set to gpt-3.5-turbo. Check out the OpenAI documentation for more info.

llama.cpp

To use llama.cpp as the backend, you'll need to provide the url that points to the server :

[llamacpp]
url = "http://localhost:8080/v1/chat/completions"

If you configure the server with an api key, then you need to provide it as well:

Setting an environment variable :

export LLAMACPP_API_KEY="YOUTR KEY HERE"

Or

Include your API key in the configuration file:

[llamacpp]
url = "http://localhost:8080/v1/chat/completions"
api_key = "Your API Key here"

More infos about llama.cpp api here

Ollama

To use ollama as the backend, you'll need to provide the url that points to the server with the model name :

[ollama]
url = "http://localhost:11434/api/chat"
model = "Your model name here"

More infos about ollama api here

⌨️ Key bindings

Global

These are the default key bindings regardless of the focused block.

ctrl + n: Start a new chat and save the previous one in history and save it to tenere.archive-i file in data directory.

Tab: Switch the focus.

j or Down arrow key: Scroll down

k or Up arrow key: Scroll up

ctrl + h : Show chat history. Press Esc to dismiss it.

ctrl + t : Stop the stream response

q or ctrl + c: Quit the app

?: Show the help pop-up. Press Esc to dismiss it

Prompt

There are 3 modes like vim: Normal, Visual and Insert.

Insert mode

Esc: to switch back to Normal mode.

Enter: to create a new line.

Backspace: to remove the previous character.

Normal mode

Enter: to submit the prompt

h or Left: Move the cursor backward by one char.

j or Down: Move the cursor down.

k or Up: Move the cursor up.

l or Right: Move the cursor forward by one char.

w: Move the cursor right by one word.

b: Move the cursor backward by one word.

0: Move the cursor to the start of the line.

$: Move the cursor to the end of the line.

G: Go to the end.

gg: Go to the top.

a: Insert after the cursor.

A: Insert at the end of the line.

i: Insert before the cursor.

I: Insert at the beginning of the line.

o: Append a new line below the current line.

O: Append a new line above the current line.

x: Delete one char under to the cursor.

dd: Cut the current line

D: Delete the current line and

dw: Delete the word next to the cursor.

db: Delete the word on the left of the cursor.

d0: Delete from the cursor to the beginning of the line.

d$: Delete from the cursor to the end of the line.

C: Change to the end of the line.

cc: Change the current line.

c0: Change from the cursor to the beginning of the line.

c$: Change from the cursor to the end of the line.

cw: Change the next word.

cb: Change the word on the left of the cursor.

u: Undo

p: Paste

Visual mode

v: Switch to visual.

y: Yank the selected text

Contributing

• No AI slop.
• Only submit a pull request after having a prior issue or discussion.
• Keep PRs small and focused.

⚖️ License

GNU General Public License v3.0 or later