Running Ollama: Local LLMs on Your Own Hardware
Running large language models locally used to require a PhD and a five-figure GPU budget. Not anymore. Ollama makes running LLMs on your own hardware as simple as ollama run llama3 — no API keys, no cloud costs, no data leaving your network. In this guide, you’ll set up Ollama on your server, run popular models, expose an OpenAI-compatible API, and integrate it with tools like Open WebUI for a full ChatGPT replacement you own. ...