Running AI models locally used to be complex. With Ollama, it's a few terminal commands.

In this guide, I'll walk through installing Ollama, downloading a business-capable AI model, and connecting it to LivChart for AI-powered dashboard generation — all running locally, no cloud dependency.

Step 1: Install Ollama

macOS:

brew install ollama

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Linux:

curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh

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Windows: Download from ollama.com

After installation, start the Ollama server:

ollama serve

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Step 2: Download a Model

For business analytics, I recommend starting with Qwen2.5 7B — it handles multilingual prompts well (including Turkish) and performs reliably for chart generation.

ollama pull qwen2.5:7b

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This downloads approximately 4.7 GB.…