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Chatweb

Chatweb is a Python application that extracts content from web pages and PDF, DOCX and TXT files, creates embedded summaries, and answers questions using retrieved text passages.

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Practical overview

When it fits

Use Chatweb when you have web or document content to summarize or query, and want a retrieval workflow that searches relevant passages before generating an answer.

Who it is for

  • People who want to ask questions about specific web pages or documents.
  • Developers setting up a self-hosted content-question-answering tool.

Documented uses

  • Extract text from a web page or supported document.
  • Create an embedded summary of extracted content.
  • Retrieve relevant passages and answer a question based on them.
Before you choose

Requirements & limits

The repository is public and declares an MIT license. Manual setup requires Python 3 and an OpenAI API key.

  • The documented retrieval flow uses OpenAI chat and embedding APIs, described as based on GPT-3.5.
  • FAISS supports in-memory storage; PostgreSQL with pgvector is documented as an optional database configuration.
  • The README warns that higher temperature settings may result in hallucinations.

Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.

Source-based practical guide

Install Chatweb manually

Prepare the Python application and configure its OpenAI API key.

Before you start

  • Python 3
  • An OpenAI API key

Steps

  1. Clone the repository with the command below and change into the chatWeb directory.

    Documented command
    git clone https://github.com/SkywalkerDarren/chatWeb.git

  2. Copy config.example.json to config.json and set open_ai_key in the configuration to your OpenAI API key.

  3. Install dependencies with the command below.

    Documented command
    pip3 install -r requirements.txt

  4. Start the application with the command below.

    Documented command
    python3 main.py

Expected outcome

The application is started; its configuration supports console, API or web UI mode.

Guide limitations

  • This setup guide does not document a particular content-ingestion or question-answering session.
  • The documented application uses OpenAI chat and embedding APIs.
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16 October 2026
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