Ollama

Ollama OpenAI Compatibility API

Ollama provides compatibility with parts of the OpenAI API, allowing existing applications built for OpenAI to connect to locally-running models through Ollama. Supported endpoints include chat completions, completions, embeddings, models, and the Responses API.

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Documentation
https://docs.ollama.com/api/openai-compatibility

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https://ollama.com/blog/openai-compatibility
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https://ollama.com/blog/rss.xml
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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ollama/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: ollama:ollama-openai-compatibility-api
name: Ollama OpenAI Compatibility API
tags:
- Chat
- Compatibility
- Large Language Models
- OpenAI
humanURL: https://docs.ollama.com/api/openai-compatibility
baseURL: http://localhost:11434/v1
properties:
- url: https://docs.ollama.com/api/openai-compatibility
  type: Documentation
- url: https://ollama.com/blog/openai-compatibility
  type: Blog
- url: https://ollama.com/blog/rss.xml
  type: BlogRSS
  description: Discovered RSS/Atom feed for https://ollama.com/blog
description: Ollama provides compatibility with parts of the OpenAI API, allowing existing applications
  built for OpenAI to connect to locally-running models through Ollama. Supported endpoints include chat
  completions, completions, embeddings, models, and the Responses API.