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hinterdupfinger/obsidian-ollama

Your notes, now with a local LLM butler

An Obsidian plugin that pipes your text through Ollama without sending it to the cloud.

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What it does

This plugin wires Obsidian to a locally running Ollama instance. Highlight text (or use the full note), pick a command, and the model’s response drops in at your cursor. It ships with eight canned prompts—summarize, explain, expand, rewrite in a few styles, caption—and lets you roll your own with per-prompt model and temperature settings.

The interesting bit

The whole thing stays on your machine. No API keys, no token counting, no vendor lock-in. The README notes Ollama is “currently” Mac-only, which dates it slightly, but the plugin itself just hits localhost:11434—so if Ollama runs, it runs.

Key highlights

  • Eight built-in prompts for common text operations
  • Custom prompts with per-prompt model and temperature control
  • Operates on selection or full note context
  • Inserts output directly at cursor—no clipboard gymnastics
  • Zero external API dependencies; local inference only

Caveats

  • README still says Ollama is Mac-only, which hasn’t been true for a while; the plugin likely works fine on Linux/Windows Ollama installs, but this isn’t acknowledged
  • No mention of how it handles long context windows or streaming responses

Verdict

Worth a look if you already live in Obsidian and want LLM assistance without the SaaS tax. Skip it if you need collaborative features, cloud sync, or don’t want to babysit a local model.

Frequently asked

What is hinterdupfinger/obsidian-ollama?
An Obsidian plugin that pipes your text through Ollama without sending it to the cloud.
Is obsidian-ollama open source?
Yes — hinterdupfinger/obsidian-ollama is open source, released under the MIT license.
What language is obsidian-ollama written in?
hinterdupfinger/obsidian-ollama is primarily written in TypeScript.
How popular is obsidian-ollama?
hinterdupfinger/obsidian-ollama has 1k stars on GitHub.
Where can I find obsidian-ollama?
hinterdupfinger/obsidian-ollama is on GitHub at https://github.com/hinterdupfinger/obsidian-ollama.

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