Noto: Local Journaling Chat UI with Per-Handle Memory (flask, Sqlite, Lm Studio)

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Author open-sourced Noto, a local-first chat companion for journaling and casual check-ins.

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bellis444Author

4 months ago

Hey folks! I open-sourced Noto, a tiny local-first chat companion. It talks to an LLM running in LM Studio (OpenAI-compatible) and stores light, per-handle “memory” in a local SQLite DB. It’s meant for casual journaling/check-ins—not therapy—and it’s easy to tweak. What it is Flask backend + simple HTML/JS chat UI (choose your handle in the UI)

Per-handle history & lightweight memory

Minimal crisis-language guardrails

Token-gated debug endpoints

Optional Cloudflare Tunnel if you want to expose it remotely

This is the MVP—feedback welcome! (Links in the first comment.)

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