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title: Langchat
emoji: 🤗
colorFrom: blue
colorTo: red
sdk: gradio
sdk_version: 5.6.0
app_file: app.py
pinned: false

Lang-Chat is a chatbot application designed to help users understand the LangChain library and troubleshoot issues by leveraging scraped documentation and GitHub issues up to November 22, 2024. This project started as a personal tool to deepen our understanding of LangChain and to assist with common issues. During development, we discovered Chat LangChain (see GitHub repository), a more comprehensive implementation available freely.

Despite this, we decided to continue and complete our own version to contribute to the community and offer an alternative solution. Lang-Chat serves as a proof of concept and is actively being developed, with more features to be added over time.

Lang-Chat Screenshot

Inspiration and Concept

The idea behind Lang-Chat was to create a personalized assistant that could help us understand the LangChain library and address issues we encountered. By scraping the documentation and GitHub issues up to November 22, 2024, we aimed to build a comprehensive knowledge base. Discovering an existing solution like Chat LangChain motivated us to continue our project and potentially offer unique features or perspectives.

Installation

  1. Clone the Repository

    git clone https://github.com/Tanmaydoesai/lang-chat.git
    cd lang-chat
    
  2. Create a Virtual Environment

    It's recommended to use a virtual environment to manage dependencies.

    python3 -m venv venv
    source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate
    
  3. Install Dependencies

    pip install -r requirements.txt
    
  4. Set Up Environment Variables

    Create a .env file in the root directory by copying the .env.template file and filling in your API key.

    cp .env.template .env
    

    Edit the .env file and add your Groq API key:

    GROQ_API_KEY="your_groq_api_key_here"
    

    You can obtain a free API key from https://groq.com/.

The following steps are optional if you wish to scrape the documentation and issues again, otherwise the vector databases are provided

  1. Prepare the Data

    • Documentation Files: Place your LangChain documentation files in the docs/ directory. Ensure they are in .txt format.
    • GitHub Issues: Scrape and format GitHub issues from the LangChain repository up to November 22, 2024, into the formatted_issues/ directory. Ensure they are in .txt format.
  2. Build Vector Stores

    Before running the application, build the vector stores from your documents and issues.

    python build_vectorstore.py
    

    This will process the documents and create vector stores in the vector_stores/ directory.

Running the Application

After the previous steps are completed start the Gradio interface by running:

python app.py

After running the command, you should see a local URL (e.g., http://127.0.0.1:7860/) in your terminal. Open this URL in your web browser to interact with the Lang-Chat chatbot.

Usage

  1. Ask a Question: Enter your question about LangChain in the "Your Question" textbox and press "Send" or hit Enter.
  2. View Chat History: The chat history will display your questions and the assistant's responses.
  3. Explore Sources: In the "Source Documents" section, select a source document from the dropdown to view the full content that the assistant referenced.

Contributing

Lang-Chat is an actively developing proof of concept. Contributions are welcome! Please open issues or submit pull requests for improvements, bug fixes, or new features

Feel free to reach out or open an issue if you have any questions or suggestions!