Running local models in Cline with Ollama: when it's worth the trouble
Cline supports Ollama as a model provider, which means a fully offline coding agent on your laptop. The setup is straightforward. The quality gap is large. Here's how to think about both.
Cline + Ollama for fully self-hosted AI coding: realistic expectations
Running Cline with a local model via Ollama is appealing for privacy and cost. The realistic experience falls short of cloud models in specific, predictable ways.
