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Run DeepSeek Coder Locally with Ollama
DeepSeek is one of the world's best free coding AIs. Run it 100% offline on your PC in under 10 minutes.
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What is DeepSeek?
DeepSeek Coder is a state-of-the-art open-source coding model that rivals GPT-4 for many coding tasks — and it's completely free.
Why DeepSeek?
- 🏆 Ranks #1 on many coding benchmarks
- 🆓 Fully open source (MIT License)
- 🔒 Runs locally — your code stays private
- ⚡ Fast responses on modern hardware
Install Ollama First
DeepSeek runs through Ollama. If you haven't installed it yet:
Mac/Windows: Download from ollama.com
Linux:
curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh
See our full Install Ollama guide if you need help.
📌 Important
You need at least 8 GB RAM for the 6.7B model and 16 GB RAM for the 33B model.