Get the latest Ollama version

Windows

1. Go to releases page on the Ollama repository: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/releases
2. From under Assets, download ollama-windows-amd64.zip.
3. Once downloaded, extract the contents of the zip file and move ollama.exe to C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Msty
4. Rename ollama.exe to msty-local-sidecar.exe.
5. Move lib folder to C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Msty

Additional config for AMD ROCm™ GPU users only:

1. Go to releases page on the Ollama repository: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/releases
2. From under Assets, download ollama-windows-amd64-rocm.tgz
3. Once downloaded, extract contents and move the whole rocm folder under lib\ollama to C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Msty\lib\ollama

Mac

1. Close Sidecar and ensure msty-local-sidecar is not running in your Activity monitor
2. Go to releases page on the Ollama repository: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/releases
3. From under Assets, download ollama-darwin.tgz (NOT Ollama-darwin.zip)
4. Once downloaded and extracted, move ollama to ~/Applications/MstySidecar.app/Contents/Resources. Do not copy the whole folder -just the executable inside the extracted folder.
5. Rename existing msty-local-sidecar to something else - such as msty-local-sidecar-old or msty-local-sidecar-backup
6. Rename ollama to msty-local-sidecar

Linux

1. Go to releases page on the Ollama repository: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/releases
2. From under Assets, download ollama-linux-amd64.tgz
3. Once downloaded, unzip and move bin and lib directories to ~/.config/Msty/
4. Rename ollama executable under bin to msty-local-sidecar
5. Open Terminal and run the following command to make the file executable:

chmod +x ~/.config/Msty/bin/msty-local-sidecar

Additional config for AMD ROCm™ GPU users only:

1. Go to releases page on the Ollama repository: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/releases
2. From under Assets, download ollama-linux-amd64-rocm.tgz
3. Once downloaded, unzip and move the whole rocm directory under lib/ollama to ~/.config/Msty/lib/ollama