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Self-Host Your Own AI Chatbot: ChatterMate + Ollama in 10 Minutes

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Running your own AI chatbot shouldn't require a PhD or a cloud bill.

ChatterMate is an open-source (AGPL) AI chat agent built from scratch to work with LLMs. Pair it with Ollama and you get a fully local AI assistant — no API keys, no third-party data processing.

Why Self-Host?

  • Privacy: Customer conversations never leave your infrastructure
  • Cost: No per-token API charges
  • Control: Pick your model, tune your prompts, own your data

Quick Start

  1. Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/chattermate/chattermate.chat
  2. Use Docker Compose to spin everything up
  3. Point it at your Ollama instance
  4. You're live

The Stack

  • Backend: Python
  • Frontend: Vue.js
  • LLM: Ollama (local) or any OpenAI-compatible API
  • Database: PostgreSQL

Current Stats

58 GitHub stars, 26 forks, 4 contributors, v1.0.9 released.

We're actively looking for contributors — the issue tracker is clean and we're happy to mentor first-time OSS contributors.

Check it out: github.com/chattermate/chattermate.chat

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