Nemo Assistant v0.1.0

Nemo Assistant v0.1.0

First public release. Nemo Assistant is a local-first floating desktop AI
assistant that stays close to your work: select text to translate or explain,
capture and OCR the screen, keep Markdown notes and desktop stickies, and let
the assistant call local tools when it needs to.

Windows only. Requires Windows 10/11. No Python setup needed if you use
the packaged download below.

Highlights

• Selection actions — Select text in any app to get an action bar for
  explain, translate, polish, fix grammar, rewrite-in-place, or continue in a
  chat session. Reads selections via UIA with a clipboard fallback that
  restores your clipboard afterward.
• Screenshot + OCR — Ctrl+Alt+A to grab a region, then recognize text
  locally (RapidOCR / ONNX Runtime), pin it to the desktop, or send it to a
  vision model.
• Notes & stickies — Desktop sticky notes (Ctrl+Alt+N) plus a Markdown
  notebook with folders, tags, full-text search, [[wiki links]], and syntax
  highlighting. The assistant can read and update notes.
• Tool-calling agent — Built-in tools for web search/fetch, file
  read/write, Python execution, notes, memory, reminders, scheduled tasks,
  multi-model consultation, and clipboard. Add your own Python tool scripts.
• Observable runs — Every turn records latency, token usage, tool calls,
  and security audit details, and can be saved as eval samples.
• Bring your own models — Connect OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepSeek, Gemini, and
  any OpenAI-compatible API through LiteLLM. API keys are stored in the system
  keyring, not plaintext config. Web search works keyless via DuckDuckGo.

Install

Download (recommended): grab the packaged Windows build attached to this
release, unzip, and run the executable. No Python required.

From source:

git clone https://github.com/SevenBT/nemo-assistant.git
cd nemo-assistant
pip install .
python main.py

Requires Python 3.12+. See the README for the uv-based development workflow.

First run

Open Settings → API, add a model, and set it as the default to enable AI
features. Configuration is stored locally in config/app_config.json (created
on first launch) and is never committed.

Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+Alt+Q	Open quick ask
Ctrl+Alt+A	Screenshot + OCR
Ctrl+Alt+N	Create desktop sticky note
Ctrl+Alt+Space	Show / hide main window

Notes

• Third-party code (note editor wiki-links, find/replace, Markdown
  highlighting) is adapted from noteration
  (MIT). See THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md.
• Reproducible builds and CI use a pinned uv.lock; repository consistency
  checks guard metadata, Markdown links, and PyInstaller hidden imports.

License: MIT