Self hosting all the things

[stangirard]

Self hosting all the things

[bertybuttface]

I agree a multi-platform app is a must. I'm a little out of touch with what the state of the art is but Electron sounds reasonable. I've not used Streamlit but it looks like a Firebase clone.

Decoupling the front and the backend is a possibility, would be nice to use the same frontend across web, mobile and desktop (via Electron) with an API built in Python. A single Docker container that runs the frontend and the API could be provided to keep setup simple.

As an aside there is a project called https://github.com/Xpitfire/symbolicai that has some overlap with this project which might be worth taking a look at. Won't solve the app issue but interesting to see what they are upto.

[bertybuttface]

Something like FastAPI (or Starlette) might be appropriate for the backend. Something like React / React Native for the frontend and maybe Electron for the mobile app. I could be showing my age here though.

[StanGirard]

Lets go with

Python for the backend with FastAPI
NextJS for the frontend for web
Electron + NextJS for the Desktop app

I'll add that to the roadmap.

[bertybuttface]

This might be the easiest way to support GPT4All and others:

https://python.langchain.com/en/latest/modules/models/llms/integrations/gpt4all.html

[Klaudioz]

Lets go with

Python for the backend with FastAPI NextJS for the frontend for web Electron + NextJS for the Desktop app

I'll add that to the roadmap.

I think basically pynecone is NodeJS with Python.

[StanGirard]

Closing in favor of #1.

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[StanGirard]

Yes i would definetely accept a PR for local support.

I want to build a desktop app in a few weeks/month - need time or help

The issue is I used Streamlit. I'd like to avoid it but keep the python language if possible.

But moving to JS can be a possibility and have a nextjs Electron app for example with LangchainJS. I need to think about it.

What do you think?