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[Feature Request] local network LLM connection #53
Description
Please add option to point stack Chan to a locally running model, e.g.: ollama, or other cloud models (OpenAI, Gemini, etc) as per the decision of the user.
Reacted by dannychi, Nodeswitch, Stanislav Eprikov, 栄子, nyasu3w, atinfinity, Jack, Zolon Farsane, Julia Kosak, Yevhen Yemchynskyi and 5 more
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Nodeswitch commentedon May 12, 2026
I second this. Having the ability to use locally hosted models, exposing a compatible API to StackChan would be a great feature.
thezolon commentedon May 14, 2026
This is actually something that was promised during the kickstarter.
SeveranExp commentedon May 14, 2026
Not doubting you, but to have it as supporting information, can you share the link? I haven’t found it.
SeveranExp commentedon Oct 31, 2026
@Forairaaaaa sorry to bug you on this one, but it matters for my intended use case of stack-chan.
Forairaaaaa commentedon Nov 4, 2026
Hi, the current official firmware uses Xiaozhi for the voice conversation pipeline. Supporting Ollama or other model APIs directly would require changes to how speech recognition, model requests, and speech synthesis are handled.
For an alternative approach, you may want to look at the community project AI_StackChan_Ex . Its custom endpoint guide documents connecting to Ollama, llama.cpp, and LM Studio through an OpenAI-compatible API. Speech recognition and synthesis are configured separately.
This replaces the official firmware, but it may be a useful starting point for your setup.