lilbee
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Search, chat, and sync your local knowledge base powered by lilbee
📚 obsidian-lilbee - Chat with Your Notes Easily
📋 About obsidian-lilbee
obsidian-lilbee lets you chat with your notes, PDFs, code files, and many other types of documents. It runs entirely on your own computer, so your data stays private. Using AI, it finds and understands information across your files quickly. This app works with Obsidian vaults and supports over 150 document formats. You can search, sync, and chat with your data without sending anything to the cloud.
The app uses local-first semantic search, powered by Ollama and lilbee. This means everything happens on your machine for privacy and speed.
🖥️ System Requirements
To use obsidian-lilbee on Windows, make sure your computer meets these requirements:
- Windows 10 or later (64-bit)
- At least 4 GB of free RAM (8 GB recommended)
- 500 MB free disk space for installation
- Internet connection needed only for initial setup
- A working microphone and speakers if you want voice chat
🔎 Features
- Chat with notes, PDFs, code, and 150+ file formats
- Semantic search that understands the meaning of your data
- Sync changes across your local vault seamlessly
- Works offline after setup; no data leaves your computer
- Supports Obsidian vaults and integrates as a plugin
- OCR support to read text from scanned images or PDFs
- AI-powered chat interface for easy access to your information
- Local-only architecture for privacy and security
🚀 Getting Started with obsidian-lilbee
Follow these steps if you want to run obsidian-lilbee on your Windows PC.
1. Visit the Download Page
Go to the main GitHub page here to download the app:
This page contains the latest version and instructions. You will find installation files in the "Releases" section.
2. Download the Installer
Click "Releases" on the GitHub page to find the latest version. Look for a Windows installer file, usually ending with .exe.
Download this file and save it to your computer.
3. Run the Installer
- Locate the downloaded
.exefile in your Downloads folder. - Double-click the file to start installation.
- Follow the on-screen instructions to complete setup.
- Choose the default options unless you have specific needs.
- Wait for the installation to finish.
4. Open obsidian-lilbee
Once installed, find obsidian-lilbee in your Start menu or on your desktop. Open it to start using the app.
5. Connect Your Obsidian Vault
You will be asked to select your Obsidian vault folder. This is the folder where your notes and documents are stored.
Select the folder and allow obsidian-lilbee to index your files. This process might take a few minutes depending on how many files you have.
6. Start Chatting with Your Data
After indexing, use the chat interface to ask questions or search your notes.
Type in questions or keywords. The AI will find answers using your own documents.
⚙️ Using obsidian-lilbee
Main Screen
- The chat box is where you type your questions.
- Results show answers and relevant text snippets from your notes.
- You can click on any snippet to open that file in Obsidian or your default PDF reader.
Sync and Updates
- The app keeps your local data in sync with Obsidian vault changes.
- If you add or remove files, obsidian-lilbee updates its index automatically.
- Updates to the app appear in the Releases section on GitHub. Check regularly for improvements.
Settings
- Change your vault folder at any time.
- Adjust OCR settings if you want to improve text recognition accuracy.
- Enable or disable offline mode.
- Set preferences for chat behavior and search scope.
🔧 Troubleshooting
If you run into issues:
- Make sure your vault path is correct and accessible.
- Confirm your Windows version meets requirements.
- Check for enough free disk space.
- Restart obsidian-lilbee if it crashes.
- Reinstall if necessary by deleting the app and running the installer again.
- Visit the GitHub "Issues" tab to see if others have the same problem or report new bugs.
📥 Download & Install obsidian-lilbee
- Visit https://github.com/Andre151989/obsidian-lilbee.
- Click on the "Releases" section on the right side.
- Download the Windows installer file (
.exe). - Run the installer and follow the steps.
- Open obsidian-lilbee and select your Obsidian vault folder.
- Wait for files to index.
- Begin chatting with your notes.
📚 Learn More About obsidian-lilbee
This project uses advanced language models for local AI. You keep control of your data without sending it to external servers.
It can read text, code, images, and PDFs. This makes it useful for researchers, students, programmers, or anyone who works with many file types.
🎯 Keywords and Topics
This app relates to these topics and fields:
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- AI assistants
- Chatbots
- Semantic search and embeddings
- Generative AI
- Knowledge base management
- Large Language Models (LLM)
- Local-first and offline-first applications
- Obsidian plugins and tools
- OCR (Optical Character Recognition)
- Privacy and data security
- Self-hosted software
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
🔗 Useful Links
🛠️ Advanced Tips
- You can add more file formats by customizing plugin settings.
- Use shortcuts in Obsidian to quickly send notes to obsidian-lilbee.
- Back up your vault regularly to avoid data loss.
- Use keywords in chat to get more specific answers, like quoting exact phrases from notes.
🤝 Community Support
Check the GitHub Discussions or Issues pages for help. Many users share tips and solutions for common questions.
Your feedback helps improve obsidian-lilbee. Report bugs or request features on GitHub.
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