Show HN: Chatbang – Access ChatGPT from the terminal without an API key
7 days ago
- #terminal-tool
- #open-source
- #ChatGPT
- Chatbang is a terminal tool for accessing ChatGPT without an API key.
- Installation on Linux involves downloading, making executable, and moving to /usr/bin.
- Can be installed from source using git clone and go build.
- Requires a Chromium-based browser (not Snap-installed) with correct path in config.
- Users must log in to ChatGPT via Chatbang's Chromium session and allow clipboard permissions.
- Works by scraping ChatGPT's website in a headless session, rendering responses in the terminal as markdown.