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Show HN: Promptor. Turn any codebase into a single, clean prompt – in seconds

3 points by edrickdch 1y ago

Promptor is a tiny macOS app that lets you drag-in a folder and drag-out a perfectly-formatted prompt ready for ChatGPT (or any LLM). It's free, open-source and easy to use. No server-side processing, no API keys, no rate limits – just a local SwiftUI app that gives you the full context of your project in one click.

edrickdch 1y ago
I built Promptor after realizing I was paying US $0.30 per o3 request in Cursor. Coding with o3 is amazing, but with ChatGPT Plus we already get 100 o3 requests every week… so why not copy the entire repo into the chat? clearly there's a cost arbitrage here in planning the feature or fix with o3 from the ChatGPT Web UI. Then, using gemini 2.5 or sonnet 3.7 to implement it.
edrickdch 1y ago
Works on Sonoma 14.4 and up. The current implementation is a bit slow on large codebases
omranjamal 1y ago
This is great, but here's a bit of feedback that would make things nice: 1. I actually understood what it does and why only after reading your first comment on HN but I think the motivations behind the project should be on the README itself. Especially for people like me who are only now dipping our toes into generative coding. We see something like this, we get excited but then confused and we click out. 2. The README could use a bit of examples especially for the output. (I understand this is a WIP) 3. Could we get a Linux version too please? 4. I'm not entirely convinced this need to be a GUI app. Could have been more useful if I could run it from my terminal, it would also be much easier to port to Linux if it were a CLI app.
- edrickdch 1y ago
  I've made a demo video showcasing it: https://x.com/edrick_dch/status/1919219856320160161 https://x.com/edrick_dch/status/1919219856320160161 Good idea, I'm thinking of taking snapshots of the video and adding them to the README No plans for a Linux version CLI app would be useful too
  - edrickdch 1y ago
    Just updated the README with a screenshot of the app. appreciate the feedback
edrickdch 1y ago
here's a demo video: https://x.com/edrick_dch/status/1919219856320160161 https://x.com/edrick_dch/status/1919219856320160161

3 points by edrickdch 1y ago

edrickdch 1y ago

I built Promptor after realizing I was paying US $0.30 per o3 request in Cursor. Coding with o3 is amazing, but with ChatGPT Plus we already get 100 o3 requests every week… so why not copy the entire repo into the chat? clearly there's a cost arbitrage here in planning the feature or fix with o3 from the ChatGPT Web UI. Then, using gemini 2.5 or sonnet 3.7 to implement it.

edrickdch 1y ago

Works on Sonoma 14.4 and up. The current implementation is a bit slow on large codebases

omranjamal 1y ago

This is great, but here's a bit of feedback that would make things nice: 1. I actually understood what it does and why only after reading your first comment on HN but I think the motivations behind the project should be on the README itself. Especially for people like me who are only now dipping our toes into generative coding. We see something like this, we get excited but then confused and we click out. 2. The README could use a bit of examples especially for the output. (I understand this is a WIP) 3. Could we get a Linux version too please? 4. I'm not entirely convinced this need to be a GUI app. Could have been more useful if I could run it from my terminal, it would also be much easier to port to Linux if it were a CLI app.

edrickdch 1y ago
I've made a demo video showcasing it: https://x.com/edrick_dch/status/1919219856320160161 https://x.com/edrick_dch/status/1919219856320160161 Good idea, I'm thinking of taking snapshots of the video and adding them to the README No plans for a Linux version CLI app would be useful too
- edrickdch 1y ago
  Just updated the README with a screenshot of the app. appreciate the feedback

edrickdch 1y ago

here's a demo video: https://x.com/edrick_dch/status/1919219856320160161 https://x.com/edrick_dch/status/1919219856320160161