Run LLMs locally with Ollama on macOS for Developers

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  1. ollama

    Get up and running with Llama 3.3, DeepSeek-R1, Phi-4, Gemma 3, and other large language models.

    Ollama is an open source tool that allows you to run large language models (LLMs) directly on a local machine.

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  3. Visual Studio Code

    Visual Studio Code

    I would like a local AI coding assistant in VS Code as an alternative to GitHub Copilot. There are a number of different extensions, one of which is Continue.

  4. HomeBrew

    🍺 The missing package manager for macOS (or Linux)

    I use Homebrew for the installation of Ollama. But there are also alternative installation options available, see https://ollama.com/download.

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