[GH-ISSUE #2632] Feature Request: Ollama Text Service #48067

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opened 2026-04-28 06:36:55 -05:00 by GiteaMirror · 2 comments
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Originally created by @JanMP on GitHub (Feb 21, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/2632

There's a 'Services' Menu Item under the [program name] Menu, where Apps can offer functions that do stuff on selected Items (like selected text).

There's an app on the store called CalcService that just needs to be installed and then you can just select text with math notation and have it replace with the result (or have the result appended) with just a keypress. The feature seems to be mostly forgotten, but it's a really obvious feature for Ollama.

Here's a link to CalcService on the App store:
https://apps.apple.com/de/app/calcservice/id899970159?mt=12

Originally created by @JanMP on GitHub (Feb 21, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/2632 There's a 'Services' Menu Item under the [program name] Menu, where Apps can offer functions that do stuff on selected Items (like selected text). There's an app on the store called CalcService that just needs to be installed and then you can just select text with math notation and have it replace with the result (or have the result appended) with just a keypress. The feature seems to be mostly forgotten, but it's a really obvious feature for Ollama. Here's a link to CalcService on the App store: https://apps.apple.com/de/app/calcservice/id899970159?mt=12
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@easp commented on GitHub (Feb 21, 2024):

The Ollama project only provides a CLI and a REST API. I suspect they aren't going to branch out beyond that, but the API enables third-party interfaces, like you describe.

I just whipped up a simple proof of concept for a MacOS Shortcut that provides a service to summarize text using Ollama.

<!-- gh-comment-id:1958273975 --> @easp commented on GitHub (Feb 21, 2024): The Ollama project only provides a CLI and a REST API. I suspect they aren't going to branch out beyond that, but the API enables third-party interfaces, like you describe. I just whipped up a simple proof of concept for a MacOS [Shortcut](https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/dc9829813787423da732bf3b69c469aa) that provides a service to summarize text using Ollama.
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@jmorganca commented on GitHub (Mar 13, 2024):

Hi there @JanMP – as mentioned by @easp this is an excellent idea for an application built on top of Ollama! I'll close this for now, but definitely do keep an eye out for tools like this on GitHub or elsewhere 😊

<!-- gh-comment-id:1993509596 --> @jmorganca commented on GitHub (Mar 13, 2024): Hi there @JanMP – as mentioned by @easp this is an excellent idea for an application built on top of Ollama! I'll close this for now, but definitely do keep an eye out for tools like this on GitHub or elsewhere 😊
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Reference: github-starred/ollama#48067