How to Run LLMs Locally with Ollama — A Developer's Guide

You don't need an API key or a cloud subscription to use LLMs. Ollama lets you run models locally on your machine — completely free, completely private. Here's how to set it up and start building with it. What is Ollama? Ollama is a tool that downloads, manages, and serves LLMs locally. It exposes an OpenAI-compatible API at localhost:11434 , so any code that works with the OpenAI API works with Ollama — zero changes. Installation <div class="highl