santinic/how2
How2
how2 is a terminal-based tool that translates plain-English questions into shell commands using AI and StackOverflow data. It functions as a command-line interface where users describe what they want to do in natural language, and the tool returns the appropriate Unix shell or PowerShell command, with support for generating multi-line Bash scripts from natural language prompts.
The tool distinguishes itself through its interactive answer browsing mode, which lets users select and copy from multiple StackOverflow answers directly in the terminal. It includes a fallback search mechanism that queries StackOverflow via Google when the AI model cannot provide a satisfactory answer, and enforces a free query rate limit for unauthenticated users. Authentication is handled through email and password, GitHub, or Google login, with account registration and password reset flows available from the login interface.
The project covers command generation across Unix and Windows platforms, with output handling that prints multi-line answers for easy copying. It also includes infrastructure scaling and development capacity expansion enabled by project funding.
Features
- Natural Language Command Translation - Translates plain-English questions into Unix or PowerShell commands using AI and StackOverflow data.
- Shell Command Generation - Generates Unix shell commands from natural language questions using AI and StackOverflow data.
- Natural Language Querying - Translates plain-English questions into the correct Unix shell command using AI and StackOverflow search.
- Natural Language Command Interpreters - Provides a terminal-based interface to search and retrieve shell commands from natural language prompts.
- Terminal User Interfaces - Delivers a command-line interface with interactive prompts and formatted output for shell command discovery.
- StackOverflow Fallback Searchers - Falls back to searching StackOverflow via Google when the AI model cannot provide a satisfactory answer.
- Bash Script Generators - Creates multi-line Bash scripts from natural language prompts, with optional refinements like 'for loop'.
- Cross-Platform Shell Generators - Generates both Unix shell and PowerShell commands from plain-English queries.
- StackOverflow Answer Browsers - Ships an interactive terminal mode to browse and select from multiple StackOverflow answers.
- StackOverflow Command Searchers - Falls back to searching StackOverflow via Google when the AI model does not provide a satisfactory answer.
- StackOverflow Answer Browsers - Opens an interactive terminal mode allowing users to select and copy from multiple StackOverflow answers.
- Natural Language to PowerShell Translators - Interprets natural language questions and returns appropriate PowerShell commands instead of Unix shell commands.
- Terminal Productivity - Natural language query tool for shell commands.
- Command Line Learning - Node.js implementation of howdoi.
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