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Navigator can work with local or self-hosted model endpoints when they expose a compatible API. This is useful for private workloads, offline experiments, and avoiding per-token usage on external providers.

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Ollama

Start Ollama locally, pull a model, and point Navigator at the endpoint.

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OpenAI-compatible providers

Use OpenRouter or another compatible gateway when you want model choice through a common API style.

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Checks

  • The local server is reachable from the Navigator runtime
  • The selected model is downloaded or available from the provider
  • The base URL includes the path expected by the integration
  • Hosted deployments can reach the model endpoint if the endpoint is not local-only
A browser running at app.example.com cannot call localhost on your laptop through the hosted server. Use local development, a tunnel, or a reachable model gateway for hosted deployments.