Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46011367

Points: 7

# Comments: 2

As a high school student, I love LLMs and the execution of Apple's Appel Intelligence Writing Tools, but was disappointed that nothing like that existed for Windows. I thus created Writing Tools, a better than Apple Intelligence open-source alternative that works system-wide on Windows. It's much better than the tiny 2B parameter Apple Intelligence model!

Features (works system-wide): 1. Select text in a textbox, press the hotkey, and optimise your text in a click (proofread, rewrite, tone changes, custom instructions...). You can also select code to fix/refactor it with the custom instructions. 2. Press the hotkey without selecting any text to bring up a chat UI with the LLM. 3. Select all text on a webpage, press the hotkey, and use the Summarise button to get summary of the webpage/text!

It can use the free Gemini API, or a multitude of local LLMs via Ollama, llama.cpp, KoboldCPP, TabbyAPI, vLLM, etc.

It's completely free & open source, and is heavily privacy-focused (local LLM support, your API key stays on-device, no logging, no tracking, etc.)

GitHub (with a demo video): https://github.com/theJayTea/WritingTools

Writing Tools has also been featured on XDA, Beebom, Windows Central, Neowin, and more! :D

P.S. This is my first major Windows coding project, so I'm especially keen on advice for best practices and potential improvements! Thank you so much for your time :)

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42193478

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

As a high school student, I love LLMs and the execution of Apple's Appel Intelligence Writing Tools, but was disappointed that nothing like that existed for Windows. So, I created Writing Tools, a better than Apple Intelligence open-source alternative that works system-wide on Windows! It can use the free Gemini API, or a multitude of local LLMs via Ollama, llama.cpp, KoboldCPP, TabbyAPI, vLLM, etc. It's much better than the tiny 2B parameter Apple Intelligence model! It works in any application with a customizable hotkey - Proofreads, rewrites, summarizes, and more - Free and privacy-focused (your API key stays local, no logging, no tracking, local model options, etc.)

It's built with Python and PySide6, and I've made it easy to install with a pre-compiled exe. For the technically inclined, the well-documented source is available to run or modify.

I'd love feedback from the HN community on both the concept and the implementation. Are there features you'd like to see? Any thoughts on making it more robust or user-friendly?

GitHub: https://github.com/theJayTea/WritingTools

P.S. This is my first major Windows coding project, so I'm especially keen on advice for best practices and potential improvements! Thanks so much for your time :)

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41896518

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Key features: - Uses Google's Gemini 1.5 Flash model for superior AI-assisted writing (much better than the tiny 2B parameter Apple Intelligence model) - Works in any application with a customizable hotkey - Proofreads, rewrites, summarizes, and more - Free and privacy-focused (your API key stays local, no logging, no tracking, etc.)

It's built with Python and PySide6, and I've made it easy to install with a pre-compiled exe. For the technically inclined, the well-documented source is available to run or modify.

I'd love feedback from the HN community on both the concept and the implementation. Are there features you'd like to see? Any thoughts on making it more robust or user-friendly?

GitHub: https://github.com/theJayTea/WritingTools

P.S. This is my first major Windows coding project, so I'm especially keen on advice for best practices and potential improvements! Thanks so much for your time :)

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41864096

Points: 9

# Comments: 1