Someone just open-sourced a full offline survival computer with AI, Wikipedia, and maps built in.
Project N.O.M.A.D. is an open-source offline survival computer.
Self-contained.
Zero internet required after install.
Zero telemetry. Everything runs locally on your hardware.
What it includes:
→ Full Wikipedia archives via Kiwix
→ Offline maps via OpenStreetMap
→ Local AI models via Ollama + Open WebUI
→ Calculators, reference tools, resource libraries
→ A management UI to control
everything from a browser
I’m interested in stuff like this, wondering how rigorously it’s been tested for “offline liveness”
Should work fine offline. It's based around a local chatbot. Done a bit of work like this myself and the models don't require online access. In fact, most of the chatbots now have addressed issues with older models by adding online search so that is something you have to add. That said, I have yet to try this out myself. Saw it the other day.
Survival and AI are working at cross purposes. Nix the AI. Can this do that?
cool
Love to see projects like this. I've learned a few things from the guy behind this over the years from his networking channel on YouTube.
I really appreciate downloaded maps on my phone. You still have to plan ahead a bit and download maps for areas you think you will be, but its really handy if internet cuts out on you.
This project sounds so different than the general trend to turn every device into a client. And I'm optimistic that hardware gets better fast enough that phones will be able to do something like this.