Converse

converse is a frontend for LLMs like Gemini written with GTK in Rust.

Gemini	Gemini	Cohere

Supported Models

• Gemini

• Claude

• Cohere

• OpenAI

Installation

• Pacman

  sudo pacman -S gtk3 cargo git gtk-layer-shell

• Aur

  Using paru as an Aur helper,

  paru -S converse-git

• Apt

  sudo apt install cargo git libgtk-3-dev libgtk-layer-shell-dev

Cloning and Building

git clone https://github.com/vishruth-thimmaiah/converse
cd converse
cargo build --release
# to run the binary
./target/release/converse

• Optional: copy the binary(.target/release/converse) to /usr/bin/ or ~/.local/bin to launch converse without the full path of the binary.

Usage

• Copy example/config.toml to $HOME/.config/converse/config.toml

  cp example/config.toml ~/.config/converse/config.toml

• Set your api keys in the config file. LLMs that you do not wish to use can be disabled by setting use_model to 0.

Theming

Create a file ~/.config/converse/style.css. CSS can be used to modify the appearance of the applicaion.

CSS Classes

• main-window: The main parent window.
• tab-page: The notebook widget containing the scrollable region.
• label-model: The label that shows non code responses from the LLM.
• label-model-code: The label that shows code responses from the LLM.
• label-user: The label that shows user prompts from the LLM.
• control-area: The part of the application containing the Entry, Send Button, etc.
• entry: The Entry where the user enters their query.
• send-button: Button used to send a prompt.