# ollama-chat
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[](https://github.com/craigahobbs/ollama-chat/blob/main/LICENSE)
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**Ollama Chat** is a web chat client for
[Ollama](https://ollama.com)
that allows you to chat locally (and privately) with
[Large Language Models (LLMs)](https://ollama.com/library).
## Features
- Platform independent - tested on macOS, Windows, and Linux
- Chat with any local Ollama model
- Save conversations for later viewing and interaction
- Single and multiline prompts
- Regenerate the most recent conversation response
- Delete the most recent conversation exchange
- View responses as Markdown or text
- Save conversations as Markdown text
- Multiple concurrent chat responses (with proper Ollama configuration)
## Installation
To get up and running with Ollama Chat follows these steps:
1. Install and start [Ollama](https://ollama.com)
2. Install Ollama Chat
~~~
pip install ollama-chat
~~~
### Updating
To update Ollama Chat:
~~~
pip install -U ollama-chat
~~~
## Start Ollama Chat
To start Ollama Chat, open a terminal prompt and run the Ollama Chat application:
~~~
ollama-chat
~~~
A web browser is launched and opens the Ollama Chat web application.
By default, a configuration file, "ollama-chat.json", is created in the user's home directory.
## Start Conversation from CLI
To start a conversation from the command line, use the `-m` argument:
~~~
ollama-chat -m "Why is the sky blue?"
~~~
## File Format and API Documentation
[Ollama Chat File Format](https://craigahobbs.github.io/ollama-chat/api.html#var.vName='OllamaChatConfig')
[Ollama Chat API](https://craigahobbs.github.io/ollama-chat/api.html)
## Development
This package is developed using [python-build](https://github.com/craigahobbs/python-build#readme).
It was started using [python-template](https://github.com/craigahobbs/python-template#readme) as follows:
~~~
template-specialize python-template/template/ ollama-chat/ -k package ollama-chat -k name 'Craig A. Hobbs' -k email 'craigahobbs@gmail.com' -k github 'craigahobbs' -k noapi 1
~~~
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