Project NOMAD

Offline-first knowledge server

The shelf stays full when the line goes down.

Wikipedia, medical references, books, courses, maps and a local AI chat, all served from hardware you own.

Runs on Debian-based systems and is reached through a browser, so no desktop environment is required. Apache 2.0 licensed.

Your library

Connection: online

Information library

Offline Wikipedia, medical references and ebooks via Kiwix.

Available

Education platform

Khan Academy courses with progress tracking via Kolibri.

Available

Maps

Downloadable regional maps via ProtoMaps.

Available

AI chat with your documents

Local models through Ollama, with semantic search via Qdrant.

Available

Notes

Local note taking via FlatNotes.

Available

Switching the label above changes nothing else on this page, which is the point. Updates and new content still need a connection; what is already on the box does not.

How it is put together

NOMAD is a management interface and API that orchestrates containerized tools through Docker, handling installation, configuration and updates for each one. The pieces above are named projects, not reimplementations.