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A terminal chat client for Ollama, OpenAI, Anthropic and other language model providers.

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About oterm

oterm is a terminal client for large language models. It started as a client for Ollama and now also works with OpenAI, Anthropic and any provider supported by pydantic-ai, so you can chat with local and hosted models from the same terminal program.

It installs with a single uvx command and has separate documentation covering installation, configuration and usage. The project is actively developed, with a public changelog. It suits developers who already run Ollama and want a chat interface without leaving the terminal.

Strengths

  • Works with local Ollama models and hosted providers
  • One-command install with uvx
  • Documentation and changelog

Limitations

  • Terminal only
  • Hosted providers need API keys

Details

Pricing
FreeFree and open source under the MIT licence; hosted providers need your own API access.
License
MIT
Developer
ggozad
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
How it runs
Downloadable app
Account
Not required
Works offline
Yes
Best suited for
Ollama users who want to chat with local models from the terminal
Last verified
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oterm as an alternative

Listings that name oterm as an alternative.

  • Ollama App

    A cross-platform chat client for talking to language models running on an Ollama server.

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    oterm is an MIT licensed terminal chat client for Ollama and hosted providers like OpenAI and Anthropic, installed with one uvx command but without a graphical interface.

  • Ollamac

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