A powerful and intuitive terminal utility for interacting with both local and cloud LLMs. A tool for those who appreciate keyboard driven apps and terminal workflows Features - 📦 Single binary - lightweight, zero dependencies, use anywhere without any requirements - 🤖 Support for OpenAI compatible APIs (ChatGPT, Mistral, Ollama, LMStudio, and more) - 🌟 Support for Gemini API - 💬 Chat sessions management and quick chats - ⚙️ Settings presets (configure different personas with unique settings) - ✂️ Convenient text selection tool (vim-like line selection) - 🌐 Crossplatform - support for MacOS, Windows and Linux - 🎨 Multiple themes
What's new in 0.8.5
What's Changed - Implement attaching images from clipboard (just copy paste images using ctrl+v) - Implement api key import from cli command - Minor UI improvements and bug fixes (rework message headers, fix flickering) - Add current_datetime tool for web search (increases efficiency, reduces errors and tool calls) - Upgrade bubbletea - Upgrade gemini sdk - Fix dependencies' vulnurabilities Issues covered Get API Key from a secure store PRs - Libs updates, improvements and features by @BalanceBalls in https://github.com/BalanceBalls/nekot/pull/73 - add current_datetime tool by @BalanceBalls in https://github.com/BalanceBalls/nekot/pull/74 Full Changelog: https://github.com/BalanceBalls/nekot/compare/v0.8.4...v0.8.5
Yes. Nekot is free and open-source software released under the MIT license.
What is the latest version of Nekot?
The latest version is 0.8.5, released on Jul 10, 2026.
Is it safe to download Nekot?
The download button links to the official installer published on github.com, the same file Windows Package Manager installs. You can verify the downloaded file by comparing its SHA-256 checksum with ff5d9c64b7a4794085645998bc79bc9f693fe6ea6f070ed5711e05a76b292041.
Which Windows versions does Nekot support?
Nekot runs on Windows and is available for 32-bit (x86), 64-bit (x64), ARM64 systems.
How do I uninstall Nekot?
Open Settings › Apps › Installed apps, find Nekot and select Uninstall. From the command line, run winget uninstall --id=BalanceBalls.Nekot -e.
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