OutingFold: a pocket field guide that shows what Gemma left out

Description and use

OutingFold lets users build a compact offline field guide from park notes using local Gemma for excerpt selection, with manual review and export to HTML or PDF.

Problem

Users need a concise, offline field guide from park notes that includes only relevant excerpts and retains omitted content for review.

Outcome

OutingFold enables users to create a compact, offline field guide from park notes using local Gemma for excerpt selection, with manual review and export to HTML or PDF.

Workflow

• Paste source text into the web app
• Gemma processes each source line and returns a JSON list of selected line IDs and target sections
• The app validates IDs and sections, copies the original substrings, and displays them in the card layout
• User reviews the selection, can move lines between sections or add new ones
• User confirms review, then downloads or prints the guide
• The exported HTML contains all pasted notes with omitted excerpts in an expandable section; the PDF contains only selected excerpts and space for handwritten notes

Evidence

OutingFold turns park notes into a small field guide you can fold and take outside. Paste the source text, let local Gemma suggest useful excerpts, review the selection, then save an offline page or print it.

Source

The app uses plain browser modules and a Node server, with no npm dependencies. To run fresh selections, install Node.js 22 or later and Ollama, then: git clone https://github.com/HyunsikParker/outingfold.git cd outingfold ollama pull gemma4:12b-it-q4_K_M npm start

Source

The downloaded HTML keeps all the pasted notes, including omitted excerpts, in an expandable section. It has no scripts or external assets. The printout keeps only the selected excerpts and space for handwritten observations.

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