Gave my local Ollama setup a desktop buddy - it morphs into Clippy 📎 and executes commands

Reddit r/LocalLLaMA / 3/17/2026

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Key Points

A desktop buddy UI wraps around Ollama or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint to execute commands locally.
One of the skins morphs into Clippy and provides a floating mascot on the desktop.
It can perform file operations, browse the web, and send emails using the local model backend.
It supports multiple local/open-source models (llama3, mistral, qwen, deepseek) served by Ollama, and raises questions about model choice for tool calling and improving the ReAct loop.

Gave my local Ollama setup a desktop buddy - it morphs into Clippy 📎 and executes commands

Running Ollama locally with a desktop agent I built. The agent wraps around Ollama (or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint) and adds a floating mascot on your desktop that takes commands directly.

One of the skins morphs into a paperclip 📎 Had to do it 🥲

It can execute file operations, browse the web, send emails - all powered by whatever local model you're running. Works with llama3, mistral, qwen, deepseek - anything Ollama serves.

Curious what models you'd recommend for tool calling / function calling use cases? Most smaller models struggle with the ReAct loop. Any workaround?

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