Command-line tool

llm

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Access large language models from the command-line

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

pipx install llm

macOS

brew install llm
pipx install llm

Linux

brew install llm
pipx install llm

Set up an OpenAI API Key

llm keys set openai

Run a prompt

llm "Ten fun names for a pet pelican"

Run a system prompt against a file

cat path/to/file.py | llm -s "Explain this code"

Browse

• Calling other AI models

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