qqqa
Terminal assistant in Developer tools
A lightweight, fast LLM assistant for the shell that does one thing well. Commenters note the lack of a macOS release and a macOS security warning.
A lightweight, fast LLM assistant for the shell that does one thing well. Commenters note the lack of a macOS release and a macOS security warning.
12 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 67%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Lightweight, fast, Unix-style tool
“It is a lightweight assistant, Unix style "Do One Thing and Do It Well".”
Comment from 6 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: qqqa – A fast, stateless LLM-powered assistant for your shell” “It is supposed to be fast and get out of your way.”
Comment from 6 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: qqqa – A fast, stateless LLM-powered assistant for your shell” Likes the idea, wants it to succeed
“This looks really cool and I love the idea”
Comment from 6 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: qqqa – A fast, stateless LLM-powered assistant for your shell” “I really want to see this project succeed”
Comment from 6 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: qqqa – A fast, stateless LLM-powered assistant for your shell”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
macOS distribution and Apple warning
“the nature of the way it is currently distributed, and the way that the Apple ecosystem treats it, might be a roadblock for this”
Comment from 6 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: qqqa – A fast, stateless LLM-powered assistant for your shell” “which prompts a OS-level warning message on macOS, which might certainly intimidate some people”
Comment from 6 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: qqqa – A fast, stateless LLM-powered assistant for your shell”
What people recommend instead
The same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TERMy | 14 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
| qqqaThis page | 8 | 4 | 67% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
13 of the 14 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“It has really made me push harder to make qqqa even cooler.”
“Great idea but not really interested in paying for another API key”
“I really want to see this project succeed”
“which prompts a OS-level warning message on macOS, which might certainly intimidate some people”
“the nature of the way it is currently distributed, and the way that the Apple ecosystem treats it, might be a roadblock for this”
“nothing in releases on GH”
“it seems to buffer stdout and stderr”
“Good one, but I do not see release for MacOS”
“it should clearly not be on by default”
“It is a lightweight assistant, Unix style "Do One Thing and Do It Well".”
“This looks really cool and I love the idea”
“very cool, can be useful for simple commands”
“It is supposed to be fast and get out of your way.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.