Patrika

Patrika is an open-source generative AI journaling app designed to help users effortlessly create journal entries using techniques like RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)

Features

AI-Powered Journaling: Utilizes RAG to generate insightful and personalized journal entries based on prompts and context provided by the user

Firebase Authentication: Securely manages user authentication and data storage using Firebase Authentication, ensuring reliable access control

Document Management: Enables users to create, view, edit, and delete journal entries seamlessly within the app

Tech Stack

This project would not be possible without the many cool open projects that it is composed of:

• Novel
• shadcn/ui
• Langchain

Other integrations:

• Firebase

Installation and local development

Docker

Work in Progress: Coming soon

Server

Make sure you have poetry installed on your system Then install project dependencies with:

poetry install

Add the firebase service key json to the root of your project directory as firebase.json

You will have to install additional dependencies like poppler and tesseract to make sure PDF extraction works as expected

Then run the langchain / langserve server with

poetry run langchain serve

Client

Running the client is relatively simple Move to the client folder from the project root directory:

cd client

Install dependencies with the package manager of your choice, I've used bun here:

bun install

Clone the contents of the .env.sample file into .env, then populate them with the relevant firebase credentials as well as the API url

Run the local development server with:

bun dev

Database

Currently I run a postgresql database with the PGVector extension in a docker container like so:

docker run --name pgvector -e POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD=trust -p 5432:5432 -d ankane/pgvector

This is okay for local development. This README will be updated in the future with a guide to do this with a local postgresql database

Contributing

This project currently does not have a defined contribution guide, but contributions are very much welcome! Please follow these guidelines:

• Fork the repository and create your branch from main.
• Open a pull request with a clear description of your changes.
• Ensure your code follows the project's coding style and conventions.