Feature request for less configuration by merging external library #73

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2026-02-15T16:27:52-05:00

yindo commented

2026-02-15 16:27:52 -05:00

Originally created by @leftmove on GitHub (Apr 24, 2024).

I created cria, a Python library which takes this ollama and allows programmatic use with less configuration.

I created the library to address some of the pain points I had when using ollama for my personal project, but only now have I realized that perhaps the features I added would be better in the original ollama Python client.

Here are some of the features I added.

Start ollama automatically when using the library
Run multiple ollama models at once
Automatically save chat history
Open and close methods for running LLMs
Allow use of with statements when loading models
There may be a couple I am missing.

I am saying all this to ask: would it be possible for me to add this features? I would be happy to code them all with the proper review and best practices implemented. I have already done most of the work (I think), and adding these features would not prove too much of a challenge.

Although I am happy to add to this library, I am unsure whether I even should. If ollama-python is best left as is, with more barebone features for external libraries to modify, perhaps my library should just stay external.

Originally created by @leftmove on GitHub (Apr 24, 2024). I created [cria](https://github.com/leftmove/cria), a Python library which takes this ollama and allows programmatic use with less configuration. I created the library to address some of the pain points I had when using ollama for my personal project, but only now have I realized that perhaps the features I added would be better in the original ollama Python client. Here are some of the features I added. - Start ollama automatically when using the library - Run multiple ollama models at once - Automatically save chat history - Open and close methods for running LLMs - Allow use of `with` statements when loading models There may be a couple I am missing. I am saying all this to ask: would it be possible for me to add this features? I would be happy to code them all with the proper review and best practices implemented. I have already done most of the work (I think), and adding these features would not prove too much of a challenge. Although I am happy to add to this library, I am unsure whether I even should. If `ollama-python` is best left as is, with more barebone features for external libraries to modify, perhaps my library should just stay external.

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2026-02-15 16:27:52 -05:00

yindo commented

2026-02-15 16:27:53 -05:00

@mxyng commented on GitHub (Apr 24, 2024):

Thanks for creating the issue. While I like many of the features you mentioned, this library is intended to be a thin Python wrapper around the Ollama API. As such those features would be out of scope.

However you're more than welcome to create a library building on top of this one or the Ollama API directly

@mxyng commented on GitHub (Apr 24, 2024): Thanks for creating the issue. While I like many of the features you mentioned, this library is intended to be a thin Python wrapper around the Ollama API. As such those features would be out of scope. However you're more than welcome to create a library building on top of this one or the Ollama API directly

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Reference: ollama/ollama-python#73