It could use some own wisdom not to use nodejs..
Project Nomad – Knowledge That Never Goes Offline
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#32I like the idea of an LLM that acts as a public knowledge base. But that doomsday framing on the site is pretty annoying.
Doomsday may not be the end of the world, but simply living in a country where you're being unjustifiably bombed by a foreign government lead by a delusional sociopath, and so access to information sources becomes limited.
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#33Why does it have to have AI? Ugh.
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#34I'm a fan of "civilization in a box" kinds of projects. However the ZIM file format leaves a lot to be desired in 2026. I've been exploring a refreshed, alternative approach: https://github.com/stazelabs/oza
I do think having an LLM as an optional "sidecar" is a useful approach. If you can run a meaningful Ollama instance alongside your content, great!
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#35Why does it have to have AI? Ugh.
You can use Kiwix, OpenStreetMap and Kolibri as an AI-free equivalent. Adding AI to those is exactly the differentiator of this project.
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#36Why does it have to have AI? Ugh.
I get the hate on AI for many reasons (hype, resource greediness, threat to civilization, etc), but having a local LLM that could help guide and reason about the data within seems like a win, especially if it's optional.
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#37In a world where this is useful, you aren't going to be spending your precious battery on running an LLM...
No need for a battery, you just need someone to hit the pedals on that dynamo.
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#38Anyone thought about using a Steam Deck with this? Or explored the concept of a "Nomad Deck"?
Not sure how good of an idea a Steam Deck would be for this. If you can't access Wikipedia, I imagine a replacement for its unprotected glass screen would be harder to come by if you drop it.
True, but I always give my devices a protective glass and put them in rugged armor. Broken screens never been a problem for me..
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#39I like the idea of an LLM that acts as a public knowledge base. But that doomsday framing on the site is pretty annoying.
Doomsday may not be the end of the world, but simply living in a country where you're being unjustifiably bombed by a foreign government lead by a delusional sociopath, and so access to information sources becomes limited.
What Gulf state do you live in? UAE?
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#40>Knowledge That Never Goes Offline
>What is Project N.O.M.A.D.? Node for Offline Media, Archives, and Data
That's the first header, and the first sentence of the first paragraph, and I'm confused.