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AdityaK_9999
What is the difference between this Chat application and the others...what does this aim to achieve
blake__dev
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-button 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
name some examples. easy to use is opinioned,
blake__dev
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.
AdityaK_9999
Hmm I see...it's clear now, it would be better if you addedthis moto to the description However great initiative
mys1
Do you envision this taking context from the webpage the user is on, similar to how Chrome's Gemini extension works?
blake__dev
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).
nacheetos123
cool! have you tried the viral tiktok slideshow method for this?

we automated our phone farm after 200m views. down to set you up with an account for a month free so you can see what an ai chat app demo does at volume. we handle the account creation and posting.

would just love feedback!"