Show HN: MyLocalAI – Enhanced local AI chat interface (mylocalai.chat?source=hackernews)

MyLocalAI is an open-source React chat app that runs LLMs entirely on your machine via Ollama — no cloud APIs, subscriptions, or data leaving your device. It offers real-time chat, conversation history, multiple sessions, Ollama status monitoring, and a privacy-first design (all data stays local). The project is MIT-licensed and aimed at developers who want a transparent, modifiable local UI for interacting with models like llama3.1:8b. Technically, you need Ollama installed and Node.js (v19+); the app talks to Ollama at REACT_APP_OLLAMA_URL (default http://localhost:11434) and serves the UI on PORT (default 3000). Recommended hardware is a MacBook Pro–class machine with 16GB+ RAM to run llama3.1:8b comfortably; smaller models are suggested if you hit performance limits. Troubleshooting tips include ensuring ollama serve is running, checking ports, and verifying installed models with ollama list. The significance for the AI/ML community is practical: it lowers barriers to experimenting with local LLMs, preserves privacy and cost control, and provides a ready-made UI for deploying or testing custom models — while reminding users of the compute trade-offs and the dependency on Ollama’s local serving stack.