lydia

your friendly ai assistant. frontend for ollama.

fair warning: lydia is very stupid

Installation

• git clone repository
• install ollama from https://ollama.ai/download
• pull a model from ollama (i recommend gemma3n:e4b for laptops like mine (i7-10750h + rtx 3050ti laptop edition))
• copy config.example.toml to config.toml and edit it to have the model you selected, optionally set your name in [user]
• npm i
• node index.js
• enjoy

Configuration

Assistant settings

• name = change the name you want the assistant to use for itself. changes it everywhere, including all placeholder text. default is "lydia"
• model = the ollama model you want lydia to use. default is "gemma3n:e4b"
• system_prompt = the system prompt you want lydia to use.
• assistantface = the default face you want lydia to have before waking up. default is "=w="

User settings

• name = the name you want lydia to call you. default is "user"