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ChatGPT client with native iTerm2 support. Version 1.0.8 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-09.
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Package summary
ChatGPT client with native iTerm2 support
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Commands and aliases
- gptline
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Project history and usage
gptline is George Nachman's Python command-line ChatGPT client, designed around multi-line terminal conversations, searchable history, prompt editing, response regeneration, and iTerm2 marks.
Project history
The official GitHub repository was created in September 2023, during the first large wave of small ChatGPT terminal clients. The project uses Python packaging and has no GitHub release series; its README and source tree are the primary public record.
Its implementation stores conversations and settings in a local SQLite database while reading an OpenAI API key from `OPENAI_API_KEY` or the legacy `OPENAI_KEY` environment variable.
Adoption history
The README supports installation from Python packaging with `pip3 install gptline`, while the supplied metadata records a Homebrew formula. This gives the niche client both Python-native and system-package installation paths.
How it is used
After setting an OpenAI API-key environment variable, users run `gptline` to enter the interactive client. It supports multiple conversations, full-text search, editing and regenerating messages, and iTerm2 marks for moving between messages; `Ctrl+C` exits.
Why package nerds care
gptline captures the early post-ChatGPT pattern of wrapping a hosted model API in a focused Unix command. Its small Python package, console entry point, local SQLite history, environment-based credentials, and Homebrew availability make it a useful snapshot of that packaging moment.
Timeline
- 2023: The official GitHub repository is created and gptline is published as a Python terminal client.
- 2023–2024: The client gains conversation search, editing, regeneration, and terminal-oriented interaction.
- 2020s: Homebrew adds a packaged installation route alongside pip.
Related projects
- OpenAI GPT models provide the remote chat service used by gptline.
- iTerm2 supplies the terminal marks that gptline uses for message navigation.
Sources
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for gptline. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
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| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
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gptline | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
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Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version1.0.8
manager updated2026-07-09
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:gptline |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.8 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/gnachman/gptline |
| Repository | https://github.com/gnachman/gptline |
| Last updated | 2026-07-09T10:49:36Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
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