Image Generation Guide

Complete guide to local AI image generation with Ollama — no API keys, 100% private.

A complete guide to generating images using local LLMs via Ollama — no API keys, no cloud fees, 100% private. Works entirely on your own hardware.

Triggers

Use when the user wants to:

• Generate images from text prompts locally
• Set up AI image generation on their machine
• Find the best Ollama image models
• Use AI image generation without paying for API access
• Run image generation entirely offline

Actions

• Model recommendations — Suggest best local image models available via Ollama
• Setup guide — Step-by-step installation of Ollama and image generation models
• Prompt guide — Best practices for writing effective image prompts for local models
• Workflows — Pre-built workflows for common image generation tasks (logos, portraits, art, diagrams)
• Performance tips — Optimize hardware usage, batch generation, quality settings

Requirements

• Ollama installed (brew install ollama or ollama.com)
• Apple Silicon Mac (M1+) recommended
• 8GB+ RAM for smaller models, 16GB+ for larger models
• Image generation model pulled via ollama pull <model>

Example Models

• ollama pull flux — Fast, high-quality diffusion
• ollama pull sdxl — Stable Diffusion XL via Ollama