Software · AI chatbots & assistants
Reins: Chat for Ollama
Reins: Chat for Ollama is an AI chat assistant, available on Linux.
- Completely free
- Linux
- Open source
Overview
Reins: Chat for Ollama is an AI chat assistant, available on Linux.
Services and protocols mentioned: Ollama.
Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.
Excerpts that establish this information
- “Private AI Chat” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
At a glance
Reins: Chat for Ollama is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.
Its licence (GPL-3.0) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.
Plans and conditions
- The publisher also offers paid plans (hosting, support or services); they are described on its website.
Strengths
- Open source code
- Commercial use allowed
About
Reins is a powerful chat client for your self-hosted Ollama AI models. Connect remotely, customize prompts, adjust parameters, and manage multiple conversations with ease. Key Features: Connect to remote Ollama servers Custom system prompts per chat Edit and regenerate responses Send images Fine-tune model parameters (temperature, context size, etc.) for each chat Switch models mid-conversation Create custom models from chats Real-time message streaming Requires a self-hosted Ollama Server.
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)
Sources and checks
- Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (limits, commercial use) —
- Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
- Last technical check: 6 November 2026
- Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)
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