Tchat - Terminal AI Chat Client

A Rust-based terminal chat client that uses the OpenRouter.ai API to interact with various AI models. Features include chat history management, Markdown-style formatting, and a clean terminal interface.

• Terminal-based Interface: Clean and simple command-line interface
• Chat History: Maintains context across conversations
• Markdown Formatting:
  • ### Headings displayed in bold
  • **bold text** displayed in bold
• Easy Context Management: Clear chat history with simple commands

• Rust and Cargo (latest stable version)
• OpenSSL development libraries
• An OpenRouter.ai API key

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/tchat.git
cd tchat

2. Build the release version:

cargo build --release

3. Set up your API key:

mkdir ~/.config/tchat
touch ~/.config/tchat/config
echo "export OPENROUTER_API_KEY=your_api_key_here" > ~/.config/tchat/config

4. Add config file to .bashrc or .zshrc (for constant import)

echo source ~/.config/tchat/config >> ~/.bashrc

echo source ~/.config/tchat/config >> ~/.zshrc

Run the program:

./target/release/tchat

Available commands:

• Type your message and press Enter to chat
• Type clear context to reset chat history
• Type exit to quit the program

> Tell me about Rust programming

🤖 Assistant:
### Introduction to Rust

Rust is a **systems programming language** that focuses on three main goals:
- **Safety**: Memory and thread safety guaranteed at compile time
- **Concurrency**: Safe concurrent programming
- **Performance**: Zero-cost abstractions

You can write both low-level and high-level applications in Rust!

For Arch Linux users:

sudo install -Dm755 target/release/tchat /usr/local/bin/tchat

Dependencies in Cargo.toml:

[dependencies]
reqwest = { version = "0.11", features = ["json"] }
serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
serde_json = "1.0"
rustyline = "9.0"
tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

• OpenRouter.ai for providing the AI API
• The Rust community for excellent documentation and crates