This repository distributes the proprietary local runtime used by the Chatobby Obsidian connector. The runtime contains the model, tool, memory, permission, event, workflow, and multi-agent systems. It runs locally on Windows, macOS, and Linux and communicates with the connector over authenticated loopback connections. macOS and Linux support are experimental and have not yet completed representative physical-device acceptance.
Public alpha: Chatobby is unfinished pre-release software. Back up the files and vaults you intend to use, begin with a copied test note, and grant only the permissions required for your task.
Install Chatobby through Obsidian, then use the installation guide inside the Chatobby view. Runtime release assets are consumed and verified by the plugin; they are not standalone installers. The Source code (zip) and Source code (tar.gz) links GitHub adds automatically are documentation snapshots and do not install Chatobby.
- Install Chatobby from Obsidian's Community plugin directory.
- Open Chatobby and select Install runtime.
- Review the version, download size, source, and verification details, then select Install.
- Wait for Chatobby is ready. If detection was interrupted, select Check again.
- Open Chatobby's Settings page and connect a model provider or local model server.
The plugin downloads the signed runtime package only after confirmation, verifies it file-by-file, installs it for the current operating-system account without administrator access, and reconnects the vault.
The runtime executable is not launched as a downloaded installer. Chatobby verifies the Ed25519-signed update descriptor, signed package manifest, and every packaged file before activating the update.
See INSTALL.md for installation, update, and uninstall guidance.
Chatobby can connect to a local model server that is already running. Optional managed llama.cpp profiles control only the local server process; a separate model connection tells Chatobby which endpoint and model a chat can use. Removing a connection therefore does not delete its managed profile or model file, and removing a managed profile does not silently remove an independent connection. Configure and test both from the Chatobby Settings page.
The runtime is distributed as licensed object code and its source is not published in this repository. The runtime package contains the complete runtime licence, privacy/data-flow notice, alpha-risk notice, dependency licences, third-party notices, SPDX SBOM, build provenance, checksums, and an Ed25519-signed package manifest. See LICENSE.md and PRIVACY.md.
Chatobby is free during the public alpha. Optional Patreon support does not unlock features, limits, priority support, or continued availability.
Report ordinary defects through the connector issue tracker. Follow SECURITY.md for vulnerabilities. Never attach provider keys, private notes, unredacted session logs, or confidential file paths.