Project Nomad – Knowledge That Never Goes Offline

tsss

I was expecting the game from my childhood and was disappointed.

myself248

See also: https://internet-in-a-box.org/ https://wrolpi.org/

WillAdams

Missing a chance to note (or configure for?) installation on a Raspberry Pi --- that'd make an affordable option to leave powered down, but ready to go in an EMI-shield/Faraday Cage.

JanisIO

Anyone thought about using a Steam Deck with this? Or explored the concept of a "Nomad Deck"?

moffers

Really clever targeting of a niche. I’d be interested to hear if they find success!

shevy-java

So how does that work?

bpavuk

turns out I have the same setup (sans local LLMs - they are pretty useless on 2018 cards) but in Obsidian :) whatever I think might be useful later, I capture through the web clipper extension. [0] [0]: https://obsidian.md/clipper

Yokohiii

I like the idea of an LLM that acts as a public knowledge base. But that doomsday framing on the site is pretty annoying.

mohamedkoubaa

Great premise for a science fiction story

iandanforth

I like this idea! I don't need the LLM bits, and want it to run on an old Android tablet I have lying around. Can anyone recommend similar software where I can get wikipedia / street maps / useful tutorial videos nicely packaged for offline use?

adsharma

So this thing is based on Kiwix, which is based on the ZIM file format. In the meanwhile, wikipedia ships wikidata, which uses RDF dumps (and probably 8x less compressed than it should be). https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_download There is room for a third option leveraging commercial columnar database research. https://adsharma.github.io/duckdb-wikidata-compression/

Lapra

In a world where this is useful, you aren't going to be spending your precious battery on running an LLM...

ZeroCool2u

See I really want this in a simpler format. Like a single file embedded database on my filesystem that I can point a single/or few tools at for my model to use when it needs.

leowoo91

It could use some own wisdom not to use nodejs..

itintheory

Why does it have to have AI? Ugh.

cstaszak

I'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!

amarant

>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.

nelsonic

For anyone wanting the video explanation from the creator, watch: https://youtu.be/P_wt-2P-WBk

balkanist

This is really cool. Having offline Wikipedia + local LLMs in a single bundle is a great combo for emergency preparedness. Do you have any benchmarks on how it performs on lower-end hardware? Curious about minimum specs.

Aargau

Closing on 40 acres in Panama for an eco-resort. I was planning to build my own offline repository, but will check out this repo.