Install Nova in 2 Minutes

Get selection-based editing running in your Obsidian vault

Choose a local provider to keep requests on your device, or use a supported cloud provider with your own key.

Step-by-Step Installation

Follow these steps to get Nova working in your Obsidian vault.

Install from Community Plugins

Add Nova to your Obsidian vault through the built-in plugin manager.

Nova sidebar appears ready for setup

Enable Mobile Support

Allow Nova to work on your mobile devices. Make sure you have a cloud provider configured.

Required for Nova to work on mobile devices

Choose Your AI Provider

Pick the option that best fits your privacy needs and technical comfort level:

Local AI (Recommended for Privacy)

Best for: Sensitive work, complete privacy, no usage costs

  • Ollama: Easy desktop setup, great models
  • LM Studio: User-friendly interface
  • Custom: Your own AI endpoint

Cloud AI

Best for: Mobile use and access to hosted models

  • Claude: Excellent writing, great reasoning
  • OpenAI: GPT-5 series, creative and analytical
  • Gemini: Google's hosted models

Add Your API Key

Connect Nova to your chosen AI provider by adding your API key to the settings.

For local AI, endpoint is auto-detected

Test Nova

Try Nova's selection-based editing to see it in action with your documents.

Nova is ready for direct editing and local prose review

What Nova Doesn't Do

Not a grammar checker

Prose Linter reviews clarity, sentence length, passive voice, weak wording, repetition, and complex words. It won't flag comma splices or subject-verb disagreement. Use LanguageTool or Grammarly for grammar.

Writing analysis is English-only

The readability scoring, passive voice detection, adverb density, and Prose Linter rules use English language patterns. Non-English documents won't get useful results from these local tools. AI editing works in any language your model supports.

No vault indexing

Nova works with the document you have open plus any notes you explicitly link. It will not search across hundreds of files for context. You choose what matters.

Nova's core is free

Selection editing, Prose Linter, writing analysis, Writing Dashboard, Smart Fill, chat, and multi-document context are free. Supernova unlocks Nova's premium features, beginning with Smart Revision.

Is Nova Safe?

Nova is open source (AGPL-3.0), supports fully local AI, and collects zero telemetry.

Read our privacy commitments →

You're All Set!

Nova is ready to use in Obsidian.

User Guide

Complete guide to Nova's features and workflows.

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Browse Examples

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