Tools: Run an LLM Locally to Interact with your Documents

What You’ll Build ## Prerequisites Imagine using ChatGPT… but fully offline, private, and connected to your own documents. In this guide, you’ll set up a complete local AI stack using Ollama + OpenWebUI, and make it capable of answering questions from your PDFs, notes, or knowledge base. No cloud. No API costs. Your data stays on your machine. Read full step by step article here Templates let you quickly answer FAQs or store snippets for re-use. Are you sure you want to hide this comment? It will become hidden in your post, but will still be visible via the comment's permalink. Hide child comments as well For further actions, you may consider blocking this person and/or reporting abuse - A local LLM running on your laptop - A ChatGPT‑like web interface - AI that can search and answer using your own documents - Optional memory + custom behavior using system prompts - A terminal (Windows / macOS / Linux) - - Python 3.9+ and pip, or - At least 8 GB RAM (16 GB recommended)