Hey everyone! I’ve been working with Ollama for a while now but I’m getting tired of using just the command line. I really want to find a good graphical user interface that makes it easier to interact with my models.
I’m running Linux on my main machine and I need something that works well without needing an internet connection. Privacy is really important to me so I’d prefer open source solutions that don’t send data anywhere.
Has anyone found any good GUI tools for Ollama that meet these requirements? I’ve searched around but there are so many options and I’m not sure which ones are actually worth trying. Would love to hear about your experiences with different frontends.
curious what kind of workflow you’re mostly doing with ollama? are you mainly chatting with models or doing more specialized tasks? that might help narrow down which gui would fit best for your usecase. also have you considered any web-based interfaces that run locally?
open-webui has been great for me too! it’s all local, so no worries about data leak. took a little work to install, but once you’re through it, it’s def worth it. smooth for handling models, and the look is simple yet effective.
I switched from command line to Ollama Web UI about six months ago and haven’t looked back. The interface handles model switching seamlessly and provides excellent conversation history management that you simply cannot get with CLI. Installation was straightforward on Ubuntu - just Docker and a few configuration steps. What impressed me most was how responsive it remains even with larger models like CodeLlama. The chat interface supports markdown rendering and code syntax highlighting, which makes technical conversations much more readable. Since everything runs locally on your machine, there are zero privacy concerns. Performance-wise, I noticed no overhead compared to direct CLI usage.