Blog post: Adding a Brain to My Filing Cabinet: Paperless-ngx with Local AI
I gave my private document archive an AI “brain” using a Mac Mini and some clever open-source software (clusterzx.github.io/pap…+ Ollama). Now I can ask my digital filing cabinet questions, and it actually answers back, all without my data ever leaving my house.
#homelab #paperlessai #paperlessngx #paperlessgpt
https://robmcbryde.com/upgrading-paperless-ngx-with-local-ai/
Rob McBryde :redhat:
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