Installation Guide

Naidis is installed directly into your Obsidian vault using the quick automated script, the BRAT plugin, or manual download.

Requirements

• Obsidian: v1.4.0 or higher
• OS: macOS, Windows, or Linux

Option 1: Quick Install (macOS / Linux)

Run the following command in your terminal. The script automatically detects your Obsidian vault and installs the Naidis plugin:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/naidis/naidis/main/release/install.sh | bash

Once installed, restart or reload Obsidian and enable Naidis in your installed plugins settings.

Option 2: Quick Install (Windows PowerShell)

Run the following command in PowerShell:

Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/naidis/naidis/main/release/install.ps1" -OutFile "install.ps1"; .\install.ps1

Option 3: Install via BRAT

You can use the popular BRAT (Beta Reviewers Auto-update Tester) plugin for direct installation and updates:

1. In Obsidian Settings, ensure the BRAT plugin is enabled.
2. Open Obsidian Settings → BRAT.
3. Click Add Beta plugin.
4. Enter the GitHub repository:

   naidis/naidis

5. Click Add Plugin. BRAT will download and install the latest release.
6. Enable Naidis in Obsidian Settings under installed plugins.

Option 4: Manual Zip Installation

1. Download the latest naidis.zip from our releases.
2. Extract the archive.
3. Move the extracted naidis folder into your Obsidian vault's plugins folder:

   <Your-Vault>/.obsidian/plugins/naidis/

4. In Obsidian, go to Settings → Installed Plugins, click Reload plugins, and toggle Naidis on.

Optional Local Tool Integrations

For local AI and advanced processing, you can optionally install:

Local AI with Ollama

# macOS/Linux
curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh

# Pull default lightweight model
ollama pull llama3.2

YouTube Transcript Support (yt-dlp)

# macOS
brew install yt-dlp

# Windows
winget install yt-dlp

# Linux
pip install yt-dlp

OCR Support (Tesseract)

# macOS
brew install tesseract tesseract-lang

# Linux (Ubuntu/Debian)
sudo apt install tesseract-ocr

First Run & Verification

1. Press Cmd+Shift+P (macOS) or Ctrl+Shift+P (Windows/Linux) to open the Command Palette.
2. Type Naidis to view available commands.
3. Start clipping, taking YouTube notes, or chatting with your vault.