
Bavarder
Chit-chat with an AI
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Bavarder is an AI-powered chit-chat tool designed for informal conversations about unimportant matters. Users can engage in light-hearted discussions with the AI, simulating casual chit-chat scenarios. The tool provides a platform for users to interact with AI in a fun and entertaining way, offering a unique experience of engaging with artificial intelligence in a conversational manner.
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Chit-chat with an AI
Documentation is available here
You can either use your GNOME Software and search for "Bavarder" or you can run
flatpak install io.github.Bavarder.Bavarder
You can download a flatpak from the latest commit here. Run
curl -s -o bavarder.flatpak https://codeberg.org/api/packages/Bavarder/generic/Bavarder/164/bavarder.flatpak && flatpak install --user bavarder.flatpak -y
Clone the repo and run flatpak-builder
git clone https://codeberg.org/Bavarder/Bavarder # or https://github.com/Bavarder/Bavarder
cd Bavarder
flatpak-builder --install --user --force-clean repo/ build-aux/flatpak/io.github.Bavarder.Bavarder.json
git clone https://codeberg.org/Bavarder/Bavarder # or https://github.com/Bavarder/Bavarder
cd Bavarder
meson setup build # Configure the build environment in subdirectory 'build'
meson compile -C build
meson check -C build
meson install -C build
chmod 0755 /usr/local/bin/bavarder # Fix binary permissions
You can see more install methods on the website
The GNOME Code of Conduct is applicable to this project
See SEEN.md
for a list of articles and posts about Bavarder
You can translate Bavarder using Codeberg Translate
Bavarder is a french word, the definiton of Bavarder is "Parler abondamment de choses sans grande portée" (Talking a lot about things that don't matter) (Larousse) which can be translated by Chit-Chat (informal conversation about matters that are not important). For non-french speakers, Bavarder can be hard to speak, it's prounouced as [bavaʀde]. Hear here
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