News: 2025-07-31
Date: 08/01/2025
Ollama has just launched its own official chat interface, finally moving local AI out of the command line and into a user-friendly app. This is a significant step forward, making it simple for anyone—not just developers—to download, manage, and interact with open-source models like Llama 3.2 and DeepSeek R1 directly on their machine. The interface supports key productivity features, like uploading documents for local analysis and creating custom models with specific system prompts for tailored tasks. For anyone building automations or exploring AI workflows, this dramatically lowers the barrier to entry for testing and using models securely and privately, without relying on external APIs. It effectively provides a free, private ChatGPT-like experience that anyone can set up in minutes.