Terminal UI to chat with large language models (LLM) using different model backends, and with a plugin for Neovim!

• Overview
• Install
  • lazy.nvim
  • packer
• Default Configuration
• Usage
• License

Oatmeal is a terminal UI chat application that speaks with LLMs, complete with slash commands for familiar usage. It features agnostic backends to allow switching between the powerhouse of ChatGPT, or keeping things private with Ollama. This plugin provides a direct integration with Oatmeal directly from Neovim!

See it in action (click to restart):

Note: This project is still quite new, and LLM's can return unexpected answers the UI isn't prepped for. There's likely a few bugs hidden somewhere.

You must have Oatmeal installed on your system in order to use the plugin. See the main Oatmeal repo for installation details.

Neovim >=0.9.2 is required

{
    "dustinblackman/oatmeal.nvim",
    cmd = { "Oatmeal" },
    keys = {
        { "<leader>om", mode = "n", desc = "Start Oatmeal session" },
    },
    opts = {
        backend = "ollama",
        model = "codellama:latest",
    },
},

use {
    "dustinblackman/oatmeal.nvim",
    config = function()
        require("oatmeal").setup({
            backend = "ollama",
            model = "codellama:latest",
        })
    end
}

All configuration variables are optional with defaults. All CLI options will default to what is set in the tool itself.

{
    -- Set to empty string to disable.
    hotkey = "<leader>om",
    close_terminal_on_quit = true

    -- CLI
    backend = "",
    model = "",
    theme = "",
    theme_file = "",
    ollama_url = "",
    openai_url = "",
    openai_token = "",
}

To start up a chat session, set your cursor where you'd like new code submissions to be appended, or highlight code you'd like to discuss with your model. After either run the :Oatmeal command or hit the <leader>om hotkey to start!

Once in a session, run /help to see further commands, or checkout the main Oatmeal repo for details.

MIT