Ollama

If you already use Ollama to run local models on your machine, you can easily connect OpenBrowse to your local server.

Setup

1. Make sure your Ollama app is running locally.
2. Go to Settings → Models.
3. Select Ollama.
4. Set your base URL (usually http://127.0.0.1:11434 or http://localhost:11434).

Resolving CORS Issues

By default, Ollama restricts which domains can connect to its local server. Because OpenBrowse runs as a Chrome extension, you need to configure Ollama to accept requests from the extension's origin.

On macOS

If you run Ollama via the macOS app:

1. Open terminal and run: launchctl setenv OLLAMA_ORIGINS "chrome-extension://*"
2. Restart the Ollama application.

On Windows

1. Open the Start menu, search for "Environment Variables", and click "Edit the system environment variables".
2. Click "Environment Variables...".
3. Under "User variables", click "New...".
4. Set Variable name to OLLAMA_ORIGINS and Variable value to chrome-extension://*.
5. Restart your terminal and Ollama application.

On Linux

If you run Ollama via systemd:

1. Run systemctl edit ollama.service
2. Under [Service], add: Environment="OLLAMA_ORIGINS=chrome-extension://*"
3. Save, then run systemctl daemon-reload and systemctl restart ollama