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OpenCopilot – Open source AI copilot for your own SaaS product

128 points by gharbat 3y ago

idopmstuff 3y ago
Has anyone gotten this working? I just get 500s from the bot.
- gumballindie 3y ago
  Probably the backend was written by an ai.
gadders 3y ago
When are we going to get an Alexa interface so it's less useless on general questions?
- EGreg 3y ago
  Use open source and stop waiting for corporations to roll things out. They’ll only do it if they can milk you for profit
aliencat 3y ago
video demo looks awesome, what tool do you use to make it?
veesahni 3y ago
I wonder how much complicated UI will be replaced by LLM magic in the future
- nchohan 3y ago
  [dead]
- soared 3y ago
  As long as someone makes bookmarks for llms so I can toss in a catchphrase to skip to the exact prompt I want, then I’m in. And also figures out discoversbility - ie opening a menu/submenu to see what’s possible
  - alooPotato 3y ago
    so... a UI?
simonw 3y ago
I don't think this license https://github.com/openchatai/OpenCopilot/blob/main/LICENSE https://github.com/openchatai/OpenCopilot/blob/main/LICENSE is compatible with the tagline "Open source AI sidekick for everyone". "The Licensee may not distribute, sublicense, sell, or resell the Software, in whole or in part, without explicit written permission from the Licensor" I have no problem at all with non-open-source licenses, provided they make it clear that they're not open source licenses. [ UPDATE: I noticed that the README doesn't claim to be open source - but the https://opencopilot.so/ https://opencopilot.so/ website and the description field at the top right of the GitHub repository does. ] Is that a known license? I couldn't tell where it came from - it ends with "please contact [Your Contact Information]" which suggests that it's a template from somewhere. But which template? I tried using GitHub Code Search on strings from it but couldn't find any obvious duplicates. This team's other project uses an open source MIT license: https://github.com/openchatai/OpenChat https://github.com/openchatai/OpenChat
- commoner 3y ago
  The OpenCopilot License looks like a modified version of the MIT License, since the all-caps portion is taken verbatim from the original license: > THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. https://opensource.org/license/mit/ https://opensource.org/license/mit/ OpenCopilot is a source-available project but it is not open source. The OpenCopilot License (specifically, the line "The Licensee may not distribute, sublicense, sell, or resell the Software, in whole or in part, without explicit written permission from the Licensor") fails to meet criterion 1 of the Open Source Definition: > 1. Free Redistribution > The license shall not restrict any party from selling or giving away the software as a component of an aggregate software distribution containing programs from several different sources. The license shall not require a royalty or other fee for such sale. https://opensource.org/osd/ https://opensource.org/osd/ This recent trend of openwashing is unwelcome because it misleads FOSS developers and users who are looking for software that can be used, examined, modified, and redistributed without limitation.
mrd3v0 3y ago
This is not open source. I am surprised by how many HN links I am getting nowadays that float open source yet clearly have licenses that are source available or even less free. It is almost like open source is the new techbro buzzword.
- gharbat 3y ago
  I think that is fair. MIT is now the project license. https://github.com/openchatai/OpenChat/blob/main/LICENSE https://github.com/openchatai/OpenChat/blob/main/LICENSE
Havoc 3y ago
Rumour has it that meta is dropping a llama flavoured code model soon
thecolorgreen 3y ago
I'm getting Error 403: disallowed_useragent
sharts 3y ago
Why does everything need me to sign in and create an account with my google/github/etc just to look at it? Oh right, so I can receive a deluge of marketing emails even after un-subscribing because my email address is sold to countless other marketing entities at 0 benefit to me. Love it.
- gharbat 3y ago
  I dislike marketing emails and never sent any. the goal is just to mitigate spam accounts (especially that we use our own OpenAI key for the demo).
ranguna 3y ago
For those thinking this is about an open source version of copilot (the LLM coding assistant), it's not.
- RossBencina 3y ago
  hard to believe that such a thing does not already exist. any tips?
  - smcleod 3y ago
    There is, but there’s not nearly enough of them. Check out Fauxpilot https://github.com/fauxpilot/fauxpilot https://github.com/fauxpilot/fauxpilot

128 points by gharbat 3y ago

idopmstuff 3y ago

Has anyone gotten this working? I just get 500s from the bot.

gumballindie 3y ago
Probably the backend was written by an ai.

gadders 3y ago

When are we going to get an Alexa interface so it's less useless on general questions?

EGreg 3y ago
Use open source and stop waiting for corporations to roll things out. They’ll only do it if they can milk you for profit

aliencat 3y ago

video demo looks awesome, what tool do you use to make it?

veesahni 3y ago

I wonder how much complicated UI will be replaced by LLM magic in the future

nchohan 3y ago
[dead]
soared 3y ago
As long as someone makes bookmarks for llms so I can toss in a catchphrase to skip to the exact prompt I want, then I’m in. And also figures out discoversbility - ie opening a menu/submenu to see what’s possible
- alooPotato 3y ago
  so... a UI?

simonw 3y ago

I don't think this license https://github.com/openchatai/OpenCopilot/blob/main/LICENSE https://github.com/openchatai/OpenCopilot/blob/main/LICENSE is compatible with the tagline "Open source AI sidekick for everyone". "The Licensee may not distribute, sublicense, sell, or resell the Software, in whole or in part, without explicit written permission from the Licensor" I have no problem at all with non-open-source licenses, provided they make it clear that they're not open source licenses. [ UPDATE: I noticed that the README doesn't claim to be open source - but the https://opencopilot.so/ https://opencopilot.so/ website and the description field at the top right of the GitHub repository does. ] Is that a known license? I couldn't tell where it came from - it ends with "please contact [Your Contact Information]" which suggests that it's a template from somewhere. But which template? I tried using GitHub Code Search on strings from it but couldn't find any obvious duplicates. This team's other project uses an open source MIT license: https://github.com/openchatai/OpenChat https://github.com/openchatai/OpenChat

commoner 3y ago
The OpenCopilot License looks like a modified version of the MIT License, since the all-caps portion is taken verbatim from the original license: > THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. https://opensource.org/license/mit/ https://opensource.org/license/mit/ OpenCopilot is a source-available project but it is not open source. The OpenCopilot License (specifically, the line "The Licensee may not distribute, sublicense, sell, or resell the Software, in whole or in part, without explicit written permission from the Licensor") fails to meet criterion 1 of the Open Source Definition: > 1. Free Redistribution > The license shall not restrict any party from selling or giving away the software as a component of an aggregate software distribution containing programs from several different sources. The license shall not require a royalty or other fee for such sale. https://opensource.org/osd/ https://opensource.org/osd/ This recent trend of openwashing is unwelcome because it misleads FOSS developers and users who are looking for software that can be used, examined, modified, and redistributed without limitation.

mrd3v0 3y ago

This is not open source. I am surprised by how many HN links I am getting nowadays that float open source yet clearly have licenses that are source available or even less free. It is almost like open source is the new techbro buzzword.

gharbat 3y ago
I think that is fair. MIT is now the project license. https://github.com/openchatai/OpenChat/blob/main/LICENSE https://github.com/openchatai/OpenChat/blob/main/LICENSE

Havoc 3y ago

Rumour has it that meta is dropping a llama flavoured code model soon

thecolorgreen 3y ago

I'm getting Error 403: disallowed_useragent

sharts 3y ago

Why does everything need me to sign in and create an account with my google/github/etc just to look at it? Oh right, so I can receive a deluge of marketing emails even after un-subscribing because my email address is sold to countless other marketing entities at 0 benefit to me. Love it.

gharbat 3y ago
I dislike marketing emails and never sent any. the goal is just to mitigate spam accounts (especially that we use our own OpenAI key for the demo).

ranguna 3y ago

For those thinking this is about an open source version of copilot (the LLM coding assistant), it's not.

RossBencina 3y ago
hard to believe that such a thing does not already exist. any tips?
- smcleod 3y ago
  There is, but there’s not nearly enough of them. Check out Fauxpilot https://github.com/fauxpilot/fauxpilot https://github.com/fauxpilot/fauxpilot