[GH-ISSUE #11645] Ollama Desktop App add Custom AI API URL #54209

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opened 2026-04-29 05:23:37 -05:00 by GiteaMirror · 3 comments
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Originally created by @PaulTodd on GitHub (Aug 2, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/11645

I'd like the ability to specify a url where the ollama desktop app uses to process the chat request. I like the app and I want to use it on a network but have 1 box where all the ai processing happens. It would be nice to point the app to this url api and have it pull a list of available models and send all processed requests.

Originally created by @PaulTodd on GitHub (Aug 2, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/11645 I'd like the ability to specify a url where the ollama desktop app uses to process the chat request. I like the app and I want to use it on a network but have 1 box where all the ai processing happens. It would be nice to point the app to this url api and have it pull a list of available models and send all processed requests.
GiteaMirror added the appfeature request labels 2026-04-29 05:23:38 -05:00
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@sh3hz commented on GitHub (Aug 6, 2025):

Yes, It would'be great to have an option to configure the baseAPI URL

<!-- gh-comment-id:3157443031 --> @sh3hz commented on GitHub (Aug 6, 2025): Yes, It would'be great to have an option to configure the baseAPI URL
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@pdevine commented on GitHub (Aug 7, 2025):

The work-around for this right now in Windows is to use:

$env:OLLAMA_HOST = "<hostname>:11434"
& 'ollama app.exe'

You'll need to run OLLAMA_HOST=0.0.0.0:11434 ollama serve on the remote host (this is assuming that it's running Linux).

<!-- gh-comment-id:3165352931 --> @pdevine commented on GitHub (Aug 7, 2025): The work-around for this right now in Windows is to use: ``` $env:OLLAMA_HOST = "<hostname>:11434" & 'ollama app.exe' ``` You'll need to run `OLLAMA_HOST=0.0.0.0:11434 ollama serve` on the remote host (this is assuming that it's running Linux).
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@sonofagl1tch commented on GitHub (Nov 19, 2025):

pr for this in the UI https://github.com/ollama/ollama/pull/13147

<!-- gh-comment-id:3553458914 --> @sonofagl1tch commented on GitHub (Nov 19, 2025): pr for this in the UI https://github.com/ollama/ollama/pull/13147
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Reference: github-starred/ollama#54209