Installation Overview

Thought Ledger is designed to run entirely on your local machine, giving you complete control over your AI decision memory system. This section will guide you through setting up everything you need.

What You’ll Get

By the end of this installation section, you will have:

A fully local AI engine running on your device
Decision memory capabilities that learn from your choices
Complete privacy with no cloud dependencies
Offline functionality for AI-powered decision assistance

System Requirements

Thought Ledger is built to work on modern systems with:

Local AI models via Ollama (no API keys needed)
Sufficient memory for AI model processing
Storage space for your decision memory database

Installation Process

We’ll walk you through:

Prerequisites - Ensuring your system is ready
Ollama Setup - Installing the local AI runtime
Thought Ledger Installation - Setting up the decision memory system
Configuration - Customizing your AI experience

Privacy First

Unlike cloud-based AI solutions, Thought Ledger:

Never sends your data to external servers
Works completely offline after initial setup
Gives you full ownership of your decision memory
Requires no API keys or cloud accounts

Getting Help

If you run into issues during installation, check our troubleshooting guide or open an issue on GitHub.

Ready to begin? Let’s start with system prerequisites.