sigh no Linux support :-(
I'd be fine with that if it had "MacOS" in the title.
Show HN: Onit – Source-available ChatGPT Desktop with local mode, Claude, Gemini
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Re: Show HN: Onit – Source-available ChatGPT Desktop with local mode, Claude, Gemini
#42Maybe add "MacOS" to the title.
This +1. Should be in the guidelines for submissions. Tired of clicking on interesting threads only to find they target on specific platform.
Re: Show HN: Onit – Source-available ChatGPT Desktop with local mode, Claude, Gemini
#43License is disappointed. Plan to create one in Apache
OpenWebUI seems to be really popular and feature rich, has a lot of this project's roadmap already. BSD-3 https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui
I think I just blasted through an entire month's quota of "seamless" and "effortless" reading that
Re: Show HN: Onit – Source-available ChatGPT Desktop with local mode, Claude, Gemini
#44> We built this because we believe: Universal Access: AI assistants should be accessible from anywhere on my computer, not just in the browser or in specific apps. I find this somewhat ironic, given that the software only supports Apple computers. It would have been nice for OP to mention this fact upfront in the announcement, so as not to get non-Apple users' expectations up too soon.
You might be interested in a properly cross-platform version of this type of thing that's also on the front page just now: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42789323
Re: Show HN: Onit – Source-available ChatGPT Desktop with local mode, Claude, Gemini
#45Nice start. There's definitely room for a good native macOS chat client, I have tried a few now and none feel perfect. I found two that feel usable:
HuggingChat (https://github.com/huggingface/chat-macOS) It has a launcher interface in the current release, and code, latex, etc are pretty printed. You can switch from HF hosted models to local mlx ones (though those are hardcoded rn i think). I like it for quick queries to qwen2.5-coder and I think it would be great if they develop it more.
Enchanted (https://github.com/gluonfield/enchanted) This one feels a bit buggy and it might be abandoned, but it has basic functionality for working with ollama models.
Also worth a mention is aichat (https://github.com/sigoden/aichat). It's not a native gui app, but it's an impressive cli client.
Re: Show HN: Onit – Source-available ChatGPT Desktop with local mode, Claude, Gemini
#46Re: Show HN: Onit – Source-available ChatGPT Desktop with local mode, Claude, Gemini
#47Congratulations on the launch Tim, love the CMD + 0 shortcut and local model support. It's definitely something I'd use! Bug report: cmd + 8 is behaving weird on my laptop, maximizing and minimizing several times (Mac OS Sonoma 14.5). Happy to provide more details! Also, I'd expect pressing cmd + 0 to act like a toggle, to close it if it's already open (instead of needing to press escape), but maybe that's just me! L…
Oh no, ⌘+0 is so useful for resetting zoom level. Glad it’s (apparently) possible to change it!
Re: Show HN: Onit – Source-available ChatGPT Desktop with local mode, Claude, Gemini
#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
OpenWebUI seems to be really popular and feature rich, has a lot of this project's roadmap already. BSD-3 https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui
I think I just blasted through an entire month's quota of "seamless" and "effortless" reading that
I wonder if the author used a seamless connection to an effortless AI?
Re: Show HN: Onit – Source-available ChatGPT Desktop with local mode, Claude, Gemini
#49I was so so excited to read this, then I saw the headline is deceptive. It's not Open Source; it uses a Creative Common "Non-Commercial" license. CC licenses are not meant for software. They explicitly say so on their FAQ: https://creativecommons.org/faq/#can-i-apply-a-creative-comm... And non-commercial licenses are not Open Source, period. This has been well established since the 1990s, both by the FSF and the OSI.…
Ok, we've replaced open-source with source-available in the title for now, so hopefully the discussion can get back on topic.
Re: Show HN: Onit – Source-available ChatGPT Desktop with local mode, Claude, Gemini
#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think your choice is very appropriate. And it is open source. Probably not OSI-open source or FSF-open source but it is open source, period.
"It's not recognized as Open Source by the Open Source body, and doesn't meet the criteria of Free/Open Source Software, but is Open Source" is a bit like saying "I used GMO and petroleum based pesticides, but my produce is all organic."
But here the source is open!
Why should we restrict the meaning of Opel Source, a societal mouvement since decades, to a list of criteria that FSF or OSI decided?
Open source is not a trade mark by FSF or OSI.
OP did not say it is free/libre software, but just open source, which it is.
We don't need "source available", just open source is correct.
PS: can you define the open source body in your previous comment?