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Dev tools · September 30, 2024

Native macOS app for chatting with Ollama models

Hello everyone, I've built a simple macOS app for chatting with models downloaded by Ollama - https://github.com/sheshbabu/Chital It's written in Swift, consumes less memory and loads fast. It has these features: * Support for multiple chat threads * Switch between different models * Markdown support * Automatic chat thread title summarization It's my first time working with Swift and Xcode, and it has been an interesting journey. The performance of the application is a big plus when building native apps, but I wonder if I'll be able to add features like document…

Native macOS app for chatting with Ollama models launched on September 30, 2024 with 5 votes, #2,535 of 5,281 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.

What it does

A native macOS app for chatting with local LLMs. Contribute to sheshbabu/Chital development by creating an account on GitHub.

In the maker’s words, at launch

Hello everyone, I've built a simple macOS app for chatting with models downloaded by Ollama - https://github.com/sheshbabu/Chital It's written in Swift, consumes less memory and loads fast. It has these features: * Support for multiple chat threads * Switch between different models * Markdown…

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