[HN Gopher] Show HN: A macOS Client for HuggingFace Chat
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       Show HN: A macOS Client for HuggingFace Chat
        
       Author : archiv
       Score  : 80 points
       Date   : 2024-10-23 18:00 UTC (5 hours ago)
        
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       | kelsey98765431 wrote:
       | first impression: it's slick, looks a bit rough but promising,
       | looking forward to using this and hope it improves.
        
       | wahnfrieden wrote:
       | Please post screenshots or video
        
         | archiv wrote:
         | Should definitely be added to the README but here's a demo:
         | https://x.com/cyrilzakka/status/1838618605648490974?s=46
        
       | geniium wrote:
       | Interesting. I am an ai enthusiast but I don't understand exactly
       | what your product does. Run locally ? Run remote on HF? Would
       | love more info.
        
         | archiv wrote:
         | Both! You have the option of using HF's HuggingChat or
         | switching to a local model using a keyboard shortcut
        
       | SimianSci wrote:
       | Id personally be interested to know how this compares to a
       | solution such as Ollama, which I have been using to run local
       | models.
        
         | talldayo wrote:
         | Linux users have a pretty excellent native Ollama client called
         | Alpaca, it's well worth checking out:
         | https://flathub.org/apps/com.jeffser.Alpaca
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         | It's still early in development but supports multimodal and
         | some nice looking code blocks.
        
       | isodev wrote:
       | What does it do? Isn't HuggingChat already available as a
       | dedicated web app (https://huggingface.co/chat/)?
        
         | archiv wrote:
         | Yes but you now have the ability to run queries with a shortcut
         | from your Mac, as well as switch to a local model using a
         | dedicated keyboard shortcut. See demo:
         | https://x.com/cyrilzakka/status/1838618605648490974
        
           | isodev wrote:
           | Sorry, this link is not accessible for me. It would be nice
           | to add some more information to the repo's readme.
        
             | archiv wrote:
             | @isodev sorry about that! Just uploaded a video to the
             | README
        
           | Sidnicious wrote:
           | Would it be possible to let you run local models without an
           | account?
        
       | rahimnathwani wrote:
       | Slightly off topic: some of the tools in HuggingChat don't work,
       | even one of the official ones (Image Editor):
       | Error calling tool Image Editor       Parameters       image:
       | output_2_0.webp       prompt: add a smiling emoji       Error
       | An error occurred while calling the tool edit_image: No API found
       | Error calling tool TTS (fast)       Parameters       text: hello
       | description: Laura's voice is monotone yet slightly fast in
       | delivery, with a very close recording that almost has no
       | background noise.       Error       An error occurred while
       | calling the tool gen_tts_fast: Error: Error: Could not resolve
       | app config.
        
       | Mystery-Machine wrote:
       | I'm using Raycast AI (paid subscription) to interact with AI
       | models through the use of hotkeys. It can even act upon selected
       | text. I've got several hotkeys set up: - translate (selected
       | text) to English/Spanish/Italian (3 hotkeys) - fix (selected
       | text) English/Spanish/Italian grammar (3 hotkeys) - add (selected
       | text) to current chat prompt where I can continue typing
       | 
       | There's also a built-in "Summarize webpage" AI action that I
       | assigned a hotkey to and I can get a nice summary of the
       | currently opened webpage without having to read the whole
       | article.
       | 
       | These save me so much time and help me better my language skills.
       | Especially when fixing grammar. When fixing grammar, it shows you
       | the diff so you can see what you wrote incorrectly and how to
       | write it correctly.
       | 
       | It also allows you to paste the text, from the app window into
       | the last used app simply by pressing ENTER. I also use this a
       | lot.
       | 
       | Just some feedback.
        
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