Chat with Local LLMs in Your Browser — Introducing Ollama Client

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🔒 100% local. No cloud. No API keys. Just AI running entirely on your machine.

If you're a developer or tech enthusiast using Ollama to run large language models like LLaMA 2, Mistral, or DeepSeek, this tool is for you.

I'm excited to introduce Ollama Client — a free, open-source Chrome extension that brings local LLM chat right into your browser.

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🚀 What is Ollama Client?

Ollama Client is a Chrome extension that connects to your local Ollama server and lets you chat with LLMs directly in the browser.

There’s no cloud, no sign-in, and no external API involved. Everything runs locally on your machine.

🧠 Supports models like:

• LLaMA 2

• Mistral

• CodeLLaMA

• DeepSeek

• And any model available via Ollama

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🔗 Quick Links

• Install on Chrome: Chrome Web Store

• Source Code (MIT): GitHub – shishir435/ollama-client

• Landing Page: Ollma-client

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🔧 Key Features

💬 Multi-Session Chat

Create and manage multiple chat sessions with persistent storage using IndexedDB.

🎛️ Full Model Configuration

Tweak:

• temperature, top_k, top_p

• repeat_penalty

• stop sequences, system prompt

All settings are stored per model.

🧠 Prompt Templates

Built-in templates for:

• Summarization

• Code explanation

• Translation

• Custom system prompts

🔍 Model Search & Pull

Search and install models from the Ollama library, and track pull progress right inside the extension.

📊 Streaming Metadata

Every message includes:

• Generation duration

• Prompt + response token counts

• Model config snapshot

🔈 Text-to-Speech (TTS)

Uses the browser’s Web Speech API to read AI messages aloud.

Advanced TTS options (coming soon):

• Voice selection

• Rate, pitch, and volume control

• Interrupt vs queue playback

🧩 Seamless CORS Handling

No need to manually set OLLAMA_ORIGINS=* anymore. The extension uses the Chrome declarativeNetRequest (DNR) API to safely proxy requests to your local Ollama server.

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🛠️ Built With

• TypeScript + React

• shadcn/ui + Tailwind CSS

• Dexie.js for chat storage

• Plasmo for Chrome extension development

• Mozilla Readability for content parsing

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📷 UI Preview

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🧪 How to Get Started

1. Install Ollama:
   👉 https://ollama.com

    ollama run llama2