2 comments

  • mys1 39 minutes ago
    Do you envision this taking context from the webpage the user is on, similar to how Chrome's Gemini extension works?
    • blake__dev 34 minutes ago
      Not particularly, this is more designed to be a separate chat app than a chat-with-the-webpage extension. Also, parsing webpages for LLM ingest is not the easiest thing in the world in my experience. You could dump the whole html but that's a LOT of tokens to be spending if you're using your own API key (vs using a subscription model like with first party extensions).
  • AdityaK_9999 1 hour ago
    What is the difference between this Chat application and the others...what does this aim to achieve
    • blake__dev 1 hour ago
      Before I started work on it, I looked around at all of the available options, and none of them really fit what I wanted:

      - easy to use

      - fast

      - not a huge desktop app

      so I decided to make my own! AirmailAI (if you're not running it locally) is a one-click install from the Chrome Web Store, the TTFT overhead is within 50ms of raw https API requests, and the install size/memory requirements are very reasonable (<2MB on disk, ~60MB RAM while running).

      • ramon156 26 minutes ago
        name some examples. easy to use is opinioned,
        • blake__dev 15 minutes ago
          Sure. I tried Open WebUI, SillyTavern, AnythingLLM, etc. I wasn't a fan of installing a 500MB desktop app, or having to run a webhost locally, or having to configure a bunch of settings just to chat with the newest LLM.