tiny-notepad 0.1.1

A minimal notepad with Ollama integration

Tiny Notepad with Ollama

A sleek local notepad app powered by Ollama to generate text using LLMs. Write notes, chat with models, and tweak generation parameters — all in a clean Tkinter-based GUI.

Features

• Save timestamped notes
• Load & view past notes from sidebar
• Query any installed Ollama model
• Adjustable generation settings:
  • temperature
  • top_p
  • top_k
  • repeat_penalty
  • presence_penalty
  • frequency_penalty
  • stop sequences

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What is Ollama?

Ollama lets you run open-source large language models locally, including LLaMA, Mistral, Gemma, and more. It provides a lightweight API on localhost:11434.

Install Ollama from: https://ollama.com

Once installed, load a model like this:

ollama run llama3.2

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How to Run This App

1. Install Python dependencies (if not already):

   pip install requests
   

2. Start the app:

   python tiny_notepad.py
   

3. If Ollama isn't running, the app will try to start ollama serve for you.

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Model Parameters Explained

Parameter	Purpose	Default
temperature	Controls randomness (0 = deterministic, 2 = wild)	0.7
top_p	Limits tokens to a cumulative probability (nucleus)	0.9
top_k	Limits to top-k likely tokens	40
repeat_penalty	Penalizes repeated phrases	1.0
presence_penalty	Encourages new topics	0.0
frequency_penalty	Penalizes high-frequency terms	0.0
stop	Comma-separated strings to halt generation	(custom)

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Notes Location

All saved notes are stored in the notes/ folder and autosaved as notes_YYYY-MM-DD_HH-MM-SS.txt.

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Tip

You can install additional models via:

ollama pull mistral
ollama pull llama3

Then restart the app and pick them from the dropdown.