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AI · April 6, 2024

app for interaction with documents using local LLM (mini Chat With RTX)

Hello HN! I wanted to share a side project of mine: a fully standalone app that uses a local LLM (specifically Mistral 7B) for document interaction using RAG. It supports a wide variety of document types and is designed to run right after installation. There are still quite a few bugs to iron out and many features I'm excited to add. Considering this is my first time working on such a project, I'm really happy with the progress and am learning a ton! The project is open source, so I please feel free to check out my work and leave any feedback :)

app for interaction with documents using local LLM (mini Chat With RTX) launched on April 6, 2024 with 19 votes, #869 of 4,347 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.

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In plain words

Mini Chat With RTX is a standalone application that lets users interact with documents using a local large language model (Mistral 7B) through retrieval-augmented generation. It supports multiple document types and runs immediately after installation without requiring external services. The open-source project is designed for users who want to query and analyze documents privately on their own hardware, with the creator actively working to expand features and address issues.

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From the sources

Text-To-Speech, RAG, and LLMs. All local! Contribute to alexpinel/Dot development by creating an account on GitHub.

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