# ollama-chat
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**Ollama Chat** is a conversational AI chat client that uses [Ollama](https://ollama.com) to interact with local large
language models (LLMs).
## Features
- Platform independent - tested on macOS, Windows, and Linux
- Chat with local LLMs (using Ollama) entirely offline
- Prompt commands to include files, images, and URL content
- 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 chats
- Conversation templates for repeating prompts with variable substitutions
- Start a conversation or template from the command line
- Download and manage models
## 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
~~~
## 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 application.
By default, a configuration file, "ollama-chat.json", is created in the user's home directory.
### Start a Conversation from the Command Line
To start a conversation from the command line, use the `-m` argument:
~~~
ollama-chat -m "Why is the sky blue?"
~~~
### Start a Template from the Command Line
To start a named template from the command line, use the `-t` and `-v` arguments:
~~~
ollama-chat -t askAristotle -v question "Why is the sky blue?"
~~~
## Conversation Templates
Conversation Templates allow you to repeat the same prompts with different models. Templates can define variables for
use in the template title and prompt text (e.g., `{{var}}`).
There are two ways to create a template. Click "Add Template" from the index page, and a new template is created and
opened in the template editor. The other way is to click "Template" from a conversation view's menu.
## Prompt Commands
Ollama Chat supports special **prompt commands** that allow you to include files, images, and URL content in
your prompt, among other things. The following prompt commands are available:
- `/file` - include a file
```
/file README.md
Please summarize the README file.
```
- `/image` - include an image
```
/image image.jpeg
Please summarize the image.
```
- `/dir` - include files from a directory
```
/dir src/ollama_chat py
Please provide a summary for each Ollama Chat source file.
```
- `/url` - include a URL resource
```
/url https://craigahobbs.github.io/ollama-chat/README.md
Please summarize the README file.
```
- `/do` - execute a conversation template by name
```
/do city-report -v CityState "Seattle, WA"
```
- `/?` - list available prompt commands
```
/?
```
To get prompt command help use the `-h` option:
```
/file -h
```
## 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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