Run DeepSeek Locally with Ollama

Why Local

Total privacy, zero per-token cost, offline use. Distilled DeepSeek reasoning models run on consumer hardware through Ollama.

Setup

# Install Ollama, then pull a distilled reasoning model
ollama pull deepseek-r1:8b
ollama run deepseek-r1:8b
# Ask anything - it never leaves your machine

Pick Your Size

8B for laptops and quick tasks, larger distillations for harder reasoning if you have the RAM. Pair with our Ollama tutorial for Web UI setup and model management.