Application
Apps & UIs
Enchanted
1Native 2Apple 3app 4for 5private 6Ollama
the six Ws · specification
W1
Who
Augustinas Malinauskas and open-source contributors maintain the Enchanted app.
W2
What
An open-source ChatGPT-style client for iOS, macOS, and visionOS that talks to self-hosted Ollama models.
W3
Where
Distributed via the Apple App Store and buildable from source on macOS, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and visionOS.
W4
When
Originally released in 2023 and still maintained via community activity in 2026.
W5
Why
Provides a native, private, multimodal chat interface for people running their own local language models.
W6
With
Requires a running Ollama server, version 0.1.14 or later, as its backend for model inference.
W7
Watch
Open-source (MIT license) on GitHub, self-hosted backend, no data sent to any third party beyond the user's own Ollama server.
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