Ollama Client od Shishir Chaurasiya

🧠 Ollama Client – Chat with Local LLMs Inside Your Browser

Ollama Client is a lightweight, privacy-first Ollama Chrome extension that brings the power of local AI models and offline AI chat directly to your browser. No cloud dependencies. No API keys. No data sent externally.

Just fast, secure, Ollama browser extension–powered offline AI chat powered by open-source models like LLaMA 3, GPT-OSS, Mistral, Gemma, CodeLLaMA — all running on your own machine using the Ollama backend.

✨ Works on all Chromium-based browsers (Chrome, Edge, Brave) and Firefox (with additional setup). 100% open-source.

🚀 Key Features
🤖 Model Management
🔌 Local Ollama Integration – Connect to a local Ollama server (no API keys required)
🌐 LAN/Local Network Support – Connect to Ollama servers on your local network using IP addresses (e.g., http://192.168.x.x:11434)
🔄 Model Switcher – Switch between models in real time with a beautiful UI
🔍 Model Search & Pull – Search and pull models directly from Ollama.com in the UI (with progress indicator)
🗑️ Model Deletion – Clean up unused models with confirmation dialogs
🧳 Load/Unload Models – Manage Ollama memory footprint efficiently
📦 Model Version Display – View and compare model versions easily
🎛️ Advanced Parameter Tuning – Per-model configuration: temperature, top_k, top_p, repeat penalty, stop sequences, system prompts
💬 Chat & Conversations
💬 Beautiful Chat UI – Modern, polished interface built with Shadcn UI
🗂️ Multi-Chat Sessions – Create, manage, and switch between multiple chat sessions
📤 Export Chat Sessions – Export single or all chat sessions as PDF or JSON
📥 Import Chat Sessions – Import single or multiple chat sessions from JSON files
📋 Copy & Regenerate – Quickly rerun or copy AI responses
⚡ Streaming Responses – Real-time streaming with typing indicators
🆕 New in v0.3.2: Selection-to-Chat
Right-click selected text → “Ask Ollama Client”
Optional floating button near cursor
Smart appending to the input box without overwriting existing text
🌐 Webpage Integration
🧠 Enhanced Content Extraction – Advanced extraction with multiple scroll strategies (none, instant, gradual, smart)
🔄 Lazy Loading Support – Automatically waits for dynamic content to load
📄 Site-Specific Overrides – Configure extraction settings per domain (scroll strategies, delays, timeouts)
🎯 Defuddle Integration – Smart content extraction with Defuddle fallback
📖 Mozilla Readability – Fallback extraction using Mozilla Readability
🎬 YouTube Transcripts – Automated YouTube transcript extraction
📊 Extraction Metrics – View scroll steps, mutations detected, and content length
📁 File Upload & RAG (Beta) — New in v0.3.2
Upload PDF, TXT, Markdown, and Images
Automatic intelligent chunking
RAG-powered contextual answers using vector embeddings
Real-time embedding/model progress indicators
🔍 Semantic Search(Beta) — New in v0.3.2
Vector-based file + chat history search
Dedicated search dialog with similarity scores
⚙️ Customization & Settings
🎨 Professional UI – Modern design system with glassmorphism effects, gradients, and smooth animations
🌓 Dark Mode – Beautiful dark theme with smooth transitions
📝 Prompt Templates – Create, manage, and use custom prompt templates (Ctrl+/)
🔊 Advanced Text-to-Speech – Searchable voice selector with adjustable speech rate & pitch
🎚️ Cross-Browser Compatibility – Works with Chrome, Brave, Edge, Opera, Vivaldi, LibreWolf, and more
🧪 Voice Testing – Test voices before using them
🔒 Privacy & Performance
🛡️ 100% Local and Private – All storage and inference happen on your device
🧯 Declarative Net Request (DNR) – Automatic CORS handling
💾 IndexedDB Storage – Efficient local storage for chat sessions
⚡ Performance Optimized – Lazy loading, debounced operations, optimized re-renders
🔄 State Management – Clean Zustand-based state management

🧭 Tab Access (Optional)

Want your LLM to understand the content of a page you're viewing? Enable Tab Access in the settings to fetch page content or transcripts for better contextual answers.

✔️ Fully opt-in
✔️ You choose which tabs to share
✔️ Customizable exclude list (regex supported)
✔️ No tab data ever leaves your device

⚙️ Installation & Setup

1️⃣ Install Ollama Client from the Chrome Web Store
2️⃣ Install Ollama on your machine from https://ollama.com and run ollama serve
3️⃣ Pull your favorite models (e.g., ollama pull llama3:8b, gemma:2b) and start chatting!

Advanced users can customize themes, model parameters, prompt templates, and excluded URLs from the Options page.

🎯 Who Should Use Ollama Client?

👩‍💻 Developers building with or debugging LLMs
📚 Researchers who want local, private LLM interfaces
🎓 Students using AI as study aids on local hardware
🔐 Privacy advocates avoiding cloud AI and APIs
🤖 AI tinkerers and open-source model enthusiasts

⚡ Performance & Hardware Recommendations

💻 8 GB RAM (no GPU): gemma:2b, mistral:7b-q4
💻 16 GB RAM (no GPU): gemma:3b-q4, gemma:2b
🚀 16 GB+ with GPU (6GB VRAM): llama3:8b-q4, gemma:3b
💥 32 GB+ or high-end GPU: llama3:8b, codellama:13b
🔥 RTX 3090+, Apple M3 Max: llama3:70b, mixtral

Note: Ollama Client Chrome extension is a frontend interface only. All LLM generation happens via your local Ollama install. Speed and output depend on your system.

🔗 Useful Links

🌐 Chrome Web Store: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ollama-client/bfaoaaogfcgomkjfbmfepbiijmciinjl
📘 Setup Guide: https://ollama-client.shishirchaurasiya.in/ollama-setup-guide
💻 Landing Page: https://ollama-client.shishirchaurasiya.in/
🔒 Privacy Policy: https://ollama-client.shishirchaurasiya.in/privacy-policy
🧑‍💻 GitHub: https://github.com/Shishir435/ollama-client
🐞 Bug: https://github.com/Shishir435/ollama-client/issues

🚀 Start chatting in seconds — private, fast, and fully local AI conversations on your own machine.

Built for developers, researchers, and anyone who values speed, privacy, and offline AI control.

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