{
  "id": 292852,
  "title": "2.Self-Hosted AI: n8n + Ollama, local AI workflows on your Mac",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/2-self-hosted-ai-n8n-ollama-local-ai-workflows-on-your-mac",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-08T03:38:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/lorena_dvila_5ab5ef35ec6/2self-hosted-ai-n8n-ollama-local-ai-workflows-on-your-mac-239k"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "This story provides a step-by-step guide to setting up a local AI workflow using n8n and Ollama on a Mac machine. The process begins with installing Docker and then moving on to setting up n8n using the Self-hosted AI Starter Kit, which includes PostgreSQL, Ollama, Qdrant, and n8n. The prerequisites, such as installing Docker and a model like gemma4, are explained before moving on to connecting Ollama to n8n. The guide explains how to create credentials in n8n for Ollama, set the base URL, and use it within a Chat Trigger node. The story also covers the use of tools within the AI Agent node and mentions that cloud API keys are only necessary for cloud models, not for local ones. Finally, it hints at building a real-world application, a document assistant using the Qdrant vector store, which will be covered in a subsequent article.",
  "summary": "If you want AI agents running on your own machine, with your own models, and no data leaving your computer, this is the article :). This is part three of the series. In part one we set up PostgreSQL, and in part two we covered the LLM concepts (models, parameter, quantization, context, capabilities, VRAM). Today we put them to work: n8n for the workflows and Ollama for the models. One…",
  "key_points": [
    "Install Docker on Mac for local AI setup",
    "Set up n8n with Self-hosted AI Starter Kit",
    "Connect Ollama to n8n using credentials"
  ],
  "editors_take": "This guide empowers Mac users to run AI workflows locally, bypassing the need for cloud API keys, and paves the way for building custom applications like document assistants.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}