# Crosstalk-Solutions/project-nomad

Project NOMAD is an offline-first knowledge and education server. Wikipedia, thousands of books, courses, maps, and optional local AI, all running on hardware you own with no internet required.

Repository: https://github.com/Crosstalk-Solutions/project-nomad
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/project-nomad
Homepage: https://www.projectnomad.us
Language: TypeScript
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-26T21:23:49+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 84/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 96, longevity 31
- inputs: {"age_days": 435, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 29, "gap_med": 2, "n_releases_24m": 50}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 36327, forks 3626 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:01.028927+00:00)

## What it is
Project NOMAD is a self-hosted, offline-first knowledge and education server that packages Wikipedia, books, courses, offline maps, and optional local AI (via Ollama) into a Docker-orchestrated stack with a browser-based Command Center UI. It installs on Debian-based x86 Linux, downloads content while online, and keeps working with no internet connection.

## Use cases
- run an offline wikipedia and knowledge server at home
- set up emergency preparedness server with medical and survival references
- host khan academy courses offline for education
- run a private local AI chatbot on my own hardware
- serve offline street-level maps without internet
- build an off-grid information server on an old PC

## When to choose
- you need knowledge resources available with no internet, such as for emergencies, off-grid living, or travel
- you want a private, fully local AI assistant with no cloud dependency
- you have x86 hardware running Debian/Ubuntu and want a one-script install of a whole content stack

## When to avoid
- you need ARM or Raspberry Pi support, which is not supported
- you run macOS or unsupported virtualization platforms
- you need built-in authentication or multi-user access control out of the box
- you only want a single lightweight tool rather than a full Docker-based server stack

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: self-hosted, search-engine, rag, llm-inference, http-server, documentation
- domain: education, self-hosted, large-language-models, developer-tools
- platform: self-hosted, cli
- tags: offline-first, wikipedia-mirror, emergency-preparedness, khan-academy, offline-maps, ollama, docker-compose, knowledge-server, prepping, local-ai, maps, linux, docker, web-server

## Member repositories
- Crosstalk-Solutions/project-nomad (main) score 84

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:01.028927+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:26:42.523093+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Crosstalk-Solutions/project-nomad (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:01.028927+00:00, sha 8430b0aa9f6a)
  - homepage: https://www.projectnomad.us (fetched 2026-08-29T07:48:00.449862+00:00, sha 3daebb273b6a)
  - site_page: https://www.projectnomad.us/install (fetched 2026-08-29T07:48:00.460246+00:00, sha 267fb14173a3)
  - site_page: https://www.projectnomad.us/install/wsl2 (fetched 2026-08-29T07:48:00.463177+00:00, sha 6084c4dfface)
  - site_page: https://www.projectnomad.us/faq (fetched 2026-08-29T07:48:00.465941+00:00, sha ce9bd03ddd6a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.