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Show HN: Bash4LLM+ – A lightweight, dependency-free Bash wrapper for LLM APIs

Hacker News Sunday 28 June 2026, 19:43 UTC By kamaludu 1 min read
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Bash4LLM is a single-file Bash wrapper for interacting with LLMs from the terminal. I created it because I wanted something simple that worked without installing Python, Node, or any other runtime. It uses only Bash, curl, and jq.

Bash4LLM is a single-file Bash wrapper for interacting with LLMs from the terminal. I created it because I wanted something simple that worked without installing Python, Node, or any other runtime.

It uses only Bash, curl, and jq. You can send prompts, start a small chat, process files line by line, stream output, and save session metadata in JSON format.

I tried to make it safe and predictable: no use of the system /tmp, no use of eval. Groq is supported by default, and other providers can be added with dedicated Bash scripts in the extras/providers/ folder.

Example:

echo "explains the command: ls -l" | ./bash4llm

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48710827

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