# Ollama OpenAI Compatibility API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/ollama/ollama-openai-compatibility-api/  
**Provider:** Ollama — https://apis.io/providers/ollama/  
**Base URL:** http://localhost:11434/v1  
**Documentation:** https://docs.ollama.com/api/openai-compatibility

Ollama OpenAI Compatibility API is one of 14 APIs that [Ollama](https://apis.io/providers/ollama/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Chat, Compatibility, Large Language Models, and OpenAI. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and an engineering blog.

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.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **Documentation** — https://docs.ollama.com/api/openai-compatibility
- **Blog** — https://ollama.com/blog/openai-compatibility
- **BlogRSS** — https://ollama.com/blog/rss.xml
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ollama/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Ollama APIs (12)

- [Ollama Anthropic Compatibility API](https://apis.io/apis/ollama/ollama-anthropic-compatibility-api/)
- [Ollama Cloud API](https://apis.io/apis/ollama/ollama-cloud-api/)
- [Ollama Blobs API](https://apis.io/apis/ollama/ollama-blobs-api/)
- [Ollama Chat API](https://apis.io/apis/ollama/ollama-chat-api/)
- [Ollama Chat Completions API](https://apis.io/apis/ollama/ollama-chat-completions-api/)
- [Ollama Completions API](https://apis.io/apis/ollama/ollama-completions-api/)
- [Ollama Embeddings API](https://apis.io/apis/ollama/ollama-embeddings-api/)
- [Ollama Generate API](https://apis.io/apis/ollama/ollama-generate-api/)
- [Ollama Images API](https://apis.io/apis/ollama/ollama-images-api/)
- [Ollama Models API](https://apis.io/apis/ollama/ollama-models-api/)
- [Ollama Responses API](https://apis.io/apis/ollama/ollama-responses-api/)
- [Ollama Running Models API](https://apis.io/apis/ollama/ollama-running-models-api/)

## Tags

Chat, Compatibility, Large Language Models, OpenAI

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