BalanceBalls/nekot
A portable terminal AI interface
- Stars
- 199
- Forks
- 13
- Open issues
- 4
- Last push
- 3mo ago
nekot star history
+1 this week
About nekot
nekot is a free, open-source LLM chat app by BalanceBalls, written mainly in Go. A portable terminal AI interface. It has 199 GitHub stars and 13 forks, and was last updated 3mo ago. It's released under the MIT license, a standard open-source license. According to the project, it works on macOS.
- License
- MIT
- Commercial use
- Commercial OK
- Language
- Go
- Stars
- 199
- Last update
- 3mo ago
- Runs on Mac
- Yes (as stated by the project)
- GPU
- Not stated
- Paid API key
- Not required
- Self-hostable
- Yes
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nekot FAQ
Can I use nekot commercially?
Yes. MIT is a permissive license: commercial use is allowed as long as you keep the license notice. This is a plain-English summary, not legal advice.
Is nekot free?
Yes. nekot is open source and free to use. It's released under the MIT license, a standard open-source license.
Does nekot run on a Mac?
Yes. According to the project, nekot works on macOS.
Does nekot need a GPU?
The project doesn't state hardware needs. AI models generally run much faster with a GPU.
Is nekot still maintained?
It was last updated 3mo ago. Check recent issues on GitHub to judge how active it is.
What are alternatives to nekot?
Similar free, open-source tools include ollama, one-api, NextChat, chatgpt-scraper-api.
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