izwi chat - Izwi

Interactive chat with AI models.

Synopsis

izwi chat [OPTIONS]

Description

Starts an interactive chat session with a loaded chat model. Type messages and receive AI responses in real-time.

Options

Option	Description	Default
`-m, --model <MODEL>`	Chat model to use	`qwen3-0.6b-4bit`
`-s, --system <PROMPT>`	System prompt	—
`-v, --voice <VOICE>`	Voice for spoken responses	—

qwen3-0.6b-4bit remains the CLI default for backward compatibility. For new setups, use an enabled catalog ID from izwi list (for example Qwen3-8B-GGUF or Qwen3.5-4B).

Examples

Start chat

izwi chat

With system prompt

izwi chat --system "You are a helpful coding assistant"

With specific model

izwi chat --model Qwen3-8B-GGUF
izwi chat --model Qwen3.5-4B
izwi chat --model LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct-GGUF
izwi chat --model Gemma-3-1b-it

With voice responses

izwi chat --voice default

Interactive Commands

During a chat session:

Command	Action
Type message + Enter	Send message
`exit` or `quit`	End session
`clear`	Clear conversation
`Ctrl+C`	Exit immediately

​Synopsis

​Description

​Options

​Examples

​Start chat

​With system prompt

​With specific model

​With voice responses

​Interactive Commands

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