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Any alternatives to GPT4All for local ChatGPT-like experience on Linux? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I don't have many specific requirements, and GPT4All is working mostly well for me so far. That said, my latest use case for GPT4All is to help me plan a new Python-based project with examples as code snippets, and it lacks a specific quality of life feature, that is the "Copy Code" button.

There is an open issue on GPT4All's GitHub, but as there is no guarantee that feature will ever be implemented, I thought I'd take this opportunity to explore if there are any other tools out there like GPT4All that offer a ChatGPT-like experience in the local environment. I'm neither a professional developer nor a sysadmin, so a lot of self hosting guides go over my head, which is what drew me to GPT4All in the first place, as it's very accessible to non-developers like myself. That said, I'm open to suggestions and willing to learn new skills if that's what it takes.

I'm running on Linux w/ AMD hardware: Ryzen 7 5800X3D processor + Radeon RX 6750 XT.

Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

If you're looking for a web UI and a simple way to host one yourself, nothing beats the "llama.cpp" project. They include a "llama-server" program which hosts a simple web server (with a chat webapp) and OpenAI-compatible API endpoint. It now also supports multimodality (for models that support multimodality), meaning you can for example upload an image and ask the assistant to describe the image. An example command to set up such a web server would be:

$ llama-server --threads 6 -m /path/to/model.gguf

Or, for multimodality support (like asking an AI to describe an image), use:

$ llama-server --threads 6 --mmproj /path/to/model/mmproj-F16.gguf -m /path/to/model/model.gguf