Ollama GUI

A very simple ollama GUI, implemented using the built-in Python Tkinter library, with no additional dependencies. Provide you with the simplest possible visual Ollama interface.

🚀 Features

v1.1.0

• 📁 One file project.
• 📦 No external dependencies, only tkinter which is usually bundled.
• 🔍 Auto check ollama model list.
• 🌐 Customizable ollama host support.
• 💬 Multiple conversations.
• 📋 Menu bar and right-click menu.
• 🛑 Stop generating at any time.

v1.2.0

• 🗂️ Model Management: Download and Delete Models.
• 🎨 UI Enhancement: Bubble dialog theme.
• 📝 Editable Conversation History.

📎 Before Start

We need to set up Ollama service first.

Please refer to:

• Ollama
• Ollama Github

⚙️ Run

Choose any way you like:

Note: If you are using a Mac and the system version is Sonoma, please refer to the Q&A at the bottom.

binary file

Platform	Download Link
Windows	Download
Mac (Apple Silicon)	Download
Linux	Download

source code

python ollama_gui.py

using pip

pip install ollama-gui
ollama-gui

📋 Q&A

I’m using a Mac, why does the application sometimes not respond when I click on it?

The issue affects macOS Sonoma users running applications that use Tcl/Tk versions 8.6.12 or older, including various Python versions.
When the mouse cursor is inside the Tkinter window during startup, GUI elements become unresponsive to clicks.

Solution:
Update to Tcl/Tk version 8.6.13 or newer, which fixes this problem.

For Python users, this can be done by:
Using Python 3.11.7 or later, which bundles the fixed Tcl/Tk version.
Using Python 3.12 or later, which already includes the fix.
https://www.python.org/downloads/macos/

For other Python versions, installing Tcl/Tk 8.6.13+ separately (e.g., via Homebrew) and ensuring Python uses this version.

Here is the issue: https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/110218

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ImportError: No module named ‘Tkinter’

This probably happens because the Tk library is not installed.

For Ubuntu or other distros with Apt:

sudo apt-get install python3-tk

For Fedora:

sudo dnf install python3-tkinter

For macOS:

brew install python-tk

For Windows:

make sure to check in the Python install the optional feature “tcl/tk and IDLE”.

Refer to: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25905540/importerror-no-module-named-tkinter