u/Illustrious_Act_8819

For the past few months I've been using Ollama to run AI models

locally and slowly replaced every paid AI tool I was using.

My current workflow:

Writing emails — I highlight my rough notes on any webpage,

right-click, and get a full structured email in seconds. Never

leave the tab I'm working in.

Job applications — I uploaded a screenshot of my resume once.

Now when I find a job posting I just select the description,

hit Job Apply, and get a personalized application email using

my actual skills and experience. Not a generic template.

Explaining images — anything on my screen I don't understand,

I snip it and ask the model to explain it. Error messages,

diagrams, screenshots from docs.

Rewriting — select any text anywhere on the web, rewrite it,

shorten it, make it professional, casual, whatever I need.

All of this runs on gemma4 locally. Zero API costs, zero

subscriptions, nothing leaves my machine.

The only cost was the time to set up Ollama, downloading a model even works with ollama cloud and a simple chrome extension.

After that it's completely free forever.

Anyone else running a similar local AI workflow? Curious what

models people are using for writing tasks specifically.

Been frustrated with constantly switching tabs to ChatGPT just to rewrite

a sentence or summarize something. Built LocalQuill to fix that.

It sits in Chrome's sidebar and connects directly to your Ollama instance

at localhost:11434. Highlight any text on any page, right-click, pick an

action — done. No tab switching.

What it does:

- 20+ writing actions via right-click context menu (rewrite, shorten,

expand, summarize, translate, fix grammar, and more)

- Job Apply — upload a screenshot of your resume, paste any job posting,

get a full personalized application email using your actual background

- Screen Snip — drag to select any area on screen, AI explains it instantly

- Context aware — detects X, LinkedIn, Gmail, GitHub from the URL and

adjusts prompt tone automatically

- Custom persona — paste 2-3 examples of your writing, it matches your

style using few-shot prompting

Next Update - ( under review )

- Ollama Cloud support.

- Works with LiteLLM too — just point URL to "http://localhost:4000/ollama"

Currently working fine with local Ollama. Giving away 10 free lifetime

licenses to people here who want to try it and give honest feedback —

comment or DM me.

I’ve been experimenting with local LLMs recently and got tired of constantly copying text into ChatGPT while browsing.

So I built a small Chrome extension that connects directly to Ollama running locally.

How it works:

• you highlight text on any website
• right click
• choose an AI action
• the extension sends the text to your local Ollama model
• response comes back instantly inside the browser

Right now it can:

• summarize
• rewrite
• explain text
• generate replies
• improve grammar
• custom prompts

The extension talks to Ollama locally using the local API (OLLAMA_ORIGINS=*).

The experience of using AI directly in the browser without cloud APIs/subscriptions feels surprisingly good.

I kept getting annoyed having to open ChatGPT in another tab just to rewrite text or summarize something while browsing.

Then I tried existing AI extensions but most either needed subscriptions or constantly sent data to cloud APIs.

So recently I started building a tiny local-first browser tool for myself using Ollama.

Basically:
highlight text → right click → run local AI actions.

Still rough around the edges but it’s actually becoming part of my daily workflow now.

Curious if other people also prefer local AI tools over cloud ones or if most people don’t care about that stuff.