Local GPT plugin for Obsidian
No speedup. MacBook Pro 13, M1, 16GB, Ollama, orca-mini.
Local GPT assistance for maximum privacy and offline access.
The plugin allows you to open a context menu on selected text to pick an AI-assistant's action.
The most casual AI-assistant for Obsidian.
Also works with images
No speedup. MacBook Pro 13, M1, 16GB, Ollama, bakllava.
Also it can use context from links, backlinks and even PDF files (RAG)
How to use (Ollama)
1. Install Embedding model:
- For English:
ollama pull nomic-embed-text(fastest) - For other languages:
ollama pull bge-m3(slower, but more accurate)
2. Select Embedding model in plugin's settings and try to use the largest model with largest context window.
Default actions
- Continue writing
- Summarize text
- Fix spelling and grammar
- Find action items in text
- General help (just use selected text as a prompt for any purpose)
- New System Prompt to create actions for your needs
You can also add yours, share the best actions or get one from the community.
Supported AI Providers
- Ollama
- OpenAI compatible server (also OpenAI)
Installation
1. Install Plugin
Obsidian plugin store (recommended)
This plugin is available in the Obsidian community plugin store https://obsidian.md/plugins?id=local-gpt
BRAT
You can also install this plugin via BRAT: pfrankov/obsidian-local-gpt
2. Install LLM
Ollama (recommended)
- Install Ollama.
- Install Gemma 2 (default)
ollama pull gemma2or any preferred model from the library.
Additional: if you want to enable streaming completion with Ollama you should set environment variable OLLAMA_ORIGINS to *:
- For MacOS run
launchctl setenv OLLAMA_ORIGINS "*". - For Linux and Windows check the docs.
OpenAI compatible server
There are several options to run local OpenAI-like server:
- Open WebUI
- llama.cpp
- llama-cpp-python
- LocalAI
- Obabooga Text generation web UI
- LM Studio
- ...maybe more
Configure Obsidian hotkey
- Open Obsidian Settings
- Go to Hotkeys
- Filter "Local" and you should see "Local GPT: Show context menu"
- Click on
+icon and press hotkey (e.g.⌘ + M)
"Use fallback" option
It is also possible to specify a fallback to handle requests — this allows you to use larger models when you are online and smaller ones when offline.
Example video
Using with OpenAI
Since you can provide any OpenAI-like server, it is possible to use OpenAI servers themselves.
Despite the ease of configuration, I do not recommend this method, since the main purpose of the plugin is to work with private LLMs.
- Select
OpenAI compatible serverinSelected AI provider - Set
OpenAI compatible server URLtohttps://api.openai.com/v1 - Retrieve and paste your
API keyfrom the API keys page - Click "refresh" button and select the model that suits your needs (e.g.
gpt-4o)Example screenshot
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