Ollama Cloud

Alpaka Desktop supports Ollama Cloud for running models hosted on Ollama's infrastructure, in addition to local models.

Signing In

1. Go to Settings → Account.
2. Click Sign in with Ollama. The app polls for an OAuth token — your browser opens the Ollama sign-in page.
3. Complete sign-in in the browser. The app detects the token automatically and stores it in the system keyring.

Your account status is shown in Settings → Account.

API Key

For programmatic access or Ollama Cloud model pull requests, you may need an API key:

1. Go to Settings → Account → API Keys.
2. Paste your Ollama Cloud API key.
3. Click Save. The key is validated against the API and stored in the system keyring — never in SQLite.
4. Click the trash icon to remove a saved key.

Cloud Models

Once signed in, Ollama Cloud models appear in the Models → Library tab alongside public models. Cloud models run on Ollama's infrastructure — you do not need to pull them locally.

All requests to api.ollama.com hosts automatically include the Authorization: Bearer header using your stored API key. If the key is missing, a friendly error appears in the chat instead of a raw network failure.

Privacy

Your conversations with local models never leave your machine. Conversations routed to Ollama Cloud hosts are subject to Ollama's privacy policy.