Obsidian Copilot
Obsidian plugin that wires Ollama / OpenAI into your notes. Inline chat, summarize, prompt-templates.
Editorial verdict: “Best Obsidian plugin for local LLM in your notes. Pair with Smart Connections for RAG.”
Compatibility at a glance
Which runtime + OS combos this app works against. Source of truth for "will it run on my setup?"
What it is
Obsidian Copilot is an Obsidian community plugin that connects to Ollama or OpenAI-compatible endpoints. Inline chat, summarize-selection, prompt templates, vault-wide search-and-ask. Pairs perfectly with the Obsidian Smart Connections plugin for full RAG over notes.
✓ Strengths
- +Mature, frequent releases
- +Vault-wide context-aware features
- +Cross-platform with Obsidian
△ Caveats
- −Best features need Obsidian Sync or self-hosted endpoint
- −Mobile usage requires reachable LAN endpoint
About the Editor plugin category
Plugin for VS Code, JetBrains, Vim, etc.
Where to go from here
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What this app talks to: Ollama, vLLM, llama.cpp, MLX, LM Studio. The upstream layer.
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