DeepSeek R1 + Ollama: 5 Free Open-Source AI Tools You Can Run Locally

Been messing around with DeepSeek R1 + Ollama, and honestly, it's kinda wild how much you can do locally with free open-source tools. No cloud, no API keys, just your machine and some cool AI magic.

1. Page-Assist Chrome Extension - https://github.com/n4ze3m/page-assist (any model with any params)

2. Open Web-UI LLM Wrapper - https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui (any model with any params)

3. Browser use – https://github.com/browser-use/browser-use (deepseek r1:14b or more params)

4. Roo-Code (VS Code Extension) – https://github.com/RooVetGit/Roo-Code (deepseek coder)

5. n8n – https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n (any model with any params)

6. A simple RAG app: https://github.com/hasan-py/chat-with-pdf-RAG (deepseek r1:8b)

7. Ai assistant Chrome extension: https://github.com/hasan-py/Ai-Assistant-Chrome-Extension (GPT, Gemini, Grok Api, Ollama added recently)

Full installation video: https://youtu.be/hjg9kJs8al8?si=rillpsKpjONYMDYW

Anyone exploring something else? Please share- it would be highly appreciated!