awaescher/OllamaSharp

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1400 stars · 187 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

OllamaSharp is a .NET client library providing bindings for the entire Ollama API, including chat, generation, embeddings, and model management. It supports streaming responses, tool/function calling with source generators, vision models, and integrates with Microsoft.Extensions.AI and Semantic Kernel.

Use cases

• call ollama from c#
• stream llm chat responses in .net
• generate embeddings with ollama in dotnet
• pull and manage ollama models programmatically
• add function calling to a .net chatbot
• use local llms in an asp.net app
• build a rag pipeline with ollama embeddings

When to choose

• you are building a .NET application that talks to a local or remote Ollama server
• you want full Ollama API coverage with streaming and progress reporting
• you need Microsoft.Extensions.AI/IChatClient compatibility or Semantic Kernel integration
• you want tool calling with source-generator support in C#

When to avoid

• you use Python, Node.js, or another non-.NET language
• you need a client for OpenAI or other LLM providers rather than Ollama
• you want a ready-made chat UI rather than an API client library

Facets

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llm-inference http-client sdk chatbot rag large-language-models artificial-intelligence developer-tools apis dotnet cross-platform ollama csharp nuget streaming function-calling embeddings ichatclient local-llm

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