SALOON

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The Saloon-Obsidian plugin implements SALOON, a framework for turning Obsidian Vault Notes into structured AI-enabled Wikis, OWL Ontologies and Anki Flashcards.

SALOON is an acronym which stands for the various parts of the technology stack used.

Letter	Technology	Purpose
S	SQLite	Local database for structured data storage
A	Anki	Flash card and spaced repetition learning system
L	LangChain	AI tasks, agentic interaction, chat, extraction, summarization
O	Obsidian	Local, encrypted, text-based file store
O	OWL	Ontology system that content follows for knowledge goals
N	Next.js	Web app, dynamic UI, optional hosting and distribution

Features

• Term Extraction: Extract technical terms, definitions, and context from markdown files using local LLM (Ollama)
• Approval Workflow: Review, approve, or reject extracted terms before adding to your glossary
• Glossary Generation: Auto-generate wiki-style term pages with definitions, context, and knowledge triples
• SQLite Database: All data stored locally in a synced SQLite database

Prerequisites

• Ollama installed and running locally (or accessible via network)
• An Ollama model pulled (e.g., ollama pull llama3.1)

Installation

1. Open Settings > Community plugins
2. Search for "Saloon"
3. Click Install, then Enable¹

Usage

On first load, the plugin creates a _saloon/ folder containing:

• saloon.md - Command center with extraction and approval interfaces
• saloon_db.db - SQLite database (syncs with your vault)

Open _saloon/saloon.md to:

1. Extract terms from the current note or a directory
2. Review and approve pending terms
3. Browse all approved terms

Settings

Setting	Description	Default
Glossary folder	Where approved term files are created	Saloon Glossary
Ollama API URL	Ollama server endpoint	http://localhost:11434

Data Storage

Location	Contents
_saloon/saloon_db.db	SQLite database with terms and approval queue
_saloon/saloon.md	Command center interface
<Glossary folder>/	Generated term wiki pages

Network

This plugin connects to an Ollama server for AI-powered term extraction:

• Default: http://localhost:11434 (configurable in settings)
• No external services: All processing is local unless you configure a remote Ollama URL
• No telemetry: No data is sent to third parties

Footnotes

1. To sync the database across devices, enable Settings > Sync > Sync all other types for .db files. ↩