README.md

# Ollama Web UI: A User-Friendly Web Interface for Chat Interactions 👋

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ChatGPT-Style Web Interface for Ollama 🦙

![Ollama Web UI Demo](./demo.gif)

## Features ⭐

- 🖥️ **Intuitive Interface**: Our chat interface takes inspiration from ChatGPT, ensuring a user-friendly experience.

- 📱 **Responsive Design**: Enjoy a seamless experience on both desktop and mobile devices.

- ⚡ **Swift Responsiveness**: Enjoy fast and responsive performance.

- 🚀 **Effortless Setup**: Install seamlessly using Docker for a hassle-free experience.

- 💻 **Code Syntax Highlighting**: Enjoy enhanced code readability with our syntax highlighting feature.

- ✒️🔢 **Full Markdown and LaTeX Support**: Elevate your LLM experience with comprehensive Markdown and LaTeX capabilities for enriched interaction.

- 📥🗑️ **Download/Delete Models**: Easily download or remove models directly from the web UI.

- 🤖 **Multiple Model Support**: Seamlessly switch between different chat models for diverse interactions.

- ⚙️ **Many Models Conversations**: : Effortlessly engage with various models simultaneously, harnessing their unique strengths for optimal responses. Enhance your experience by leveraging a diverse set of models in parallel.

- 🤝 **OpenAI Model Integration**: Seamlessly utilize OpenAI models alongside Ollama models for a versatile conversational experience.

- 🔄 **Regeneration History Access**: Easily revisit and explore your entire regeneration history.

- 📜 **Chat History**: Effortlessly access and manage your conversation history.

- 📤📥 **Import/Export Chat History**: Seamlessly move your chat data in and out of the platform.

- 🗣️ **Voice Input Support**: Engage with your model through voice interactions; enjoy the convenience of talking to your model directly. Additionally, explore the option for sending voice input automatically after 3 seconds of silence for a streamlined experience.

- ⚙️ **Fine-Tuned Control with Advanced Parameters**: Gain a deeper level of control by adjusting parameters such as temperature and defining your system prompts to tailor the conversation to your specific preferences and needs.

- 🔐 **Auth Header Support**: Effortlessly enhance security by adding Authorization headers to Ollama requests directly from the web UI settings, ensuring access to secured Ollama servers.

- 🔗 **External Ollama Server Connection**: Seamlessly link to an external Ollama server hosted on a different address by configuring the environment variable during the Docker build phase. Additionally, you can also set the external server connection URL from the web UI post-build.

- 🔒 **Backend Reverse Proxy Support**: Strengthen security by enabling direct communication between Ollama Web UI backend and Ollama, eliminating the need to expose Ollama over LAN.

- 🌟 **Continuous Updates**: We are committed to improving Ollama Web UI with regular updates and new features.

## How to Install 🚀

### Prerequisites

Make sure you have the latest version of Ollama installed before proceeding with the installation. You can find the latest version of Ollama at [https://ollama.ai/](https://ollama.ai/).

#### Installing Both Ollama and Ollama Web UI Using Docker Compose

If you don't have Ollama installed, you can also use the provided Docker Compose file for a hassle-free installation. Simply run the following command:

```bash
docker compose up --build
```

This command will install both Ollama and Ollama Web UI on your system. Ensure to modify the `compose.yaml` file for GPU support if needed.

#### Checking Ollama

After installing, verify that Ollama is running by accessing the following link in your web browser: [http://127.0.0.1:11434/](http://127.0.0.1:11434/). Note that the port number may differ based on your system configuration.

### Using Docker 🐳

If Ollama is hosted on your local machine, run the following command:

```bash
docker run -d -p 3000:8080 --add-host=host.docker.internal:host-gateway --name ollama-webui --restart always ghcr.io/ollama-webui/ollama-webui:main
```

Alternatively, if you prefer to build the container yourself, use the following command:

```bash
docker build -t ollama-webui .
docker run -d -p 3000:8080 --add-host=host.docker.internal:host-gateway --name ollama-webui --restart always ollama-webui
```

Your Ollama Web UI should now be hosted at [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000) and accessible over LAN (or Network). Enjoy! 😄

### Accessing External Ollama on a Different Server

Change `OLLAMA_API_BASE_URL` environment variable to match the external Ollama Server url:

```bash
docker run -d -p 3000:8080 -e OLLAMA_API_BASE_URL=https://example.com/api --name ollama-webui --restart always ghcr.io/ollama-webui/ollama-webui:main
```

Alternatively, if you prefer to build the container yourself, use the following command:

```bash
docker build -t ollama-webui .
docker run -d -p 3000:8080 -e OLLAMA_API_BASE_URL=https://example.com/api --name ollama-webui --restart always ollama-webui
```

## How to Build for Static Deployment

1. Clone & Enter the project

   ```sh
   git clone https://github.com/ollama-webui/ollama-webui.git
   pushd ./ollama-webui/
   ```

2. Create and edit `.env`

   ```sh
   cp -RPp example.env .env
   ```

3. Install node dependencies

   ```sh
   npm i
   ```

4. Run in dev mode, or build the site for deployment

   - Test in Dev mode:

     ```sh
     npm run dev
     ```

   - Build for Deploy:

     ```sh
     #`PUBLIC_API_BASE_URL` will overwrite the value in `.env`
     PUBLIC_API_BASE_URL='https://example.com/api' npm run build
     ```

5. Test the build with `caddy` (or the server of your choice)

   ```sh
   curl https://webi.sh/caddy | sh

   PUBLIC_API_BASE_URL='https://localhost/api' npm run build
   caddy run --envfile .env --config ./Caddyfile.localhost
   ```

## Troubleshooting

See [TROUBLESHOOTING.md](/TROUBLESHOOTING.md) for information on how to troubleshoot and/or join our [Ollama Web UI Discord community](https://discord.gg/5rJgQTnV4s).

## What's Next? 🚀

### To-Do List 📝

Here are some exciting tasks on our to-do list:

- 🔐 **Access Control**: Securely manage requests to Ollama by utilizing the backend as a reverse proxy gateway, ensuring only authenticated users can send specific requests.
- 🧪 **Research-Centric Features**: Empower researchers in the fields of LLM and HCI with a comprehensive web UI for conducting user studies. Stay tuned for ongoing feature enhancements (e.g., surveys, analytics, and participant tracking) to facilitate their research.
- 📈 **User Study Tools**: Providing specialized tools, like heat maps and behavior tracking modules, to empower researchers in capturing and analyzing user behavior patterns with precision and accuracy.
- 📚 **Enhanced Documentation**: Elevate your setup and customization experience with improved, comprehensive documentation.

Feel free to contribute and help us make Ollama Web UI even better! 🙌

## Supporters ✨

A big shoutout to our amazing supporters who's helping to make this project possible! 🙏

### Platinum Sponsors 🤍

- [Prof. Lawrence Kim @ SFU](https://www.lhkim.com/)

## License 📜

This project is licensed under the [MIT License](LICENSE) - see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details. 📄

## Support 💬

If you have any questions, suggestions, or need assistance, please open an issue or join our
[Ollama Web UI Discord community](https://discord.gg/5rJgQTnV4s) or
[Ollama Discord community](https://discord.gg/ollama) to connect with us! 🤝

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Created by [Timothy J. Baek](https://github.com/tjbck) - Let's make Ollama Web UI even more amazing together! 💪