Re:Show HN: A Local Apple Notes LLM Chat Using Ollama
by arnestrickmann on Monday March 03, 2025 @12:39PM
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Notechat is a desktop app that lets you chat with your Apple Notes running an LLM locally on your machine.
Notechat accesses Apple Notes through macOS's native AppleScript automation and uses AppleScript commands to safely read note contents and metadata directly from the Apple Notes app - this requires permission from the user through macOS security prompts.
All processing happens locally using Ollama and the notes never leave the users device.
Also working on a version that interacts with Gemini in cloud mode for better performance (but less privacy).
Notechat accesses Apple Notes through macOS's native AppleScript automation and uses AppleScript commands to safely read note contents and metadata directly from the Apple Notes app - this requires permission from the user through macOS security prompts.
All processing happens locally using Ollama and the notes never leave the users device.
Also working on a version that interacts with Gemini in cloud mode for better performance (but less privacy).