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I need Local LLM that can search and process local Wikipedia.

Reddit r/LocalLLaMA / 3/23/2026

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Key Points

  • The post discusses the idea of running a local large language model (LLM) that can search an offline Wikipedia and answer with cited sources without loading the entire encyclopedia.
  • It envisions using the local LLM to search multiple Wikipedia pages on a topic and then process the results to form a coherent answer.
  • The author is seeking open-source solutions or recommendations to implement this workflow.
  • The post references a Reddit user (/u/idleWizard) and a specific Reddit thread as the context for the discussion.

I had an idea it would be great to have a local LLM that can use offline wikipedia for it's knowledge base, but not to load it completely because it's too large - but to search it and process the results via one of the open source LLMs. It can search multiple pages on the topic and form an answer with sources.
Since I am certain I'm not the first to think of that, is there an open source solution to solve this?

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