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

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 Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/chattermate/chattermate.chat Use Docker Compose to spin everything up Point it at your Ollama instance 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