I built Pocket Tutor, a local Gemma study buddy for a friend
This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Weekend Challenge: Build for a Friend . What I Built I built Pocket Tutor , a study buddy for a friend who wanted studying to feel more visual and interactive. You can start with a topic—even if you don’t have notes ready—or paste in your notes. Pocket Tutor uses them to create a short theory lesson, flashcards, and a four-question quiz. It also offers…
This submission is for the Hacktoberfest Weekend Challenge: Build for a Friend. The creator, Shivansh1251, built Pocket Tutor—a study buddy designed for local AI use. To create this tool, Shivansh1251 used Next.js for the application and its API route. The app sends a topic or notes to Ollama running locally, where Gemma generates structured content for lessons, flashcards, and quizzes.
The app runs on the user's computer via Ollama, and optional video and reading links require an internet connection. Local AI inference enables study notes to stay on the learner's computer, avoiding the need for a paid inference API.
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