{"slug": "claude-desktop-can-now-easily-run-qwen-deepseek-and-kimi-models-after-ollamas", "title": "Claude Desktop can now easily run Qwen, DeepSeek and Kimi models — after Ollama’s first effort stalled", "summary": "Ollama has reintroduced an integration with Claude Desktop, enabling users to connect Anthropic's app to open-weight models such as Qwen, DeepSeek, and Kimi, after its first effort stalled. The integration allows Claude Desktop to run these models locally through Ollama's model runner.", "body_md": "Open-weight model runner Ollama has reintroduced an integration with Claude Desktop that lets users connect Anthropic’s app to models served\n\nThe post [Claude Desktop can now easily run Qwen, DeepSeek and Kimi models — after Ollama’s first effort stalled](https://thenewstack.io/ollama-claude-desktop-integration/) appeared first on [The New Stack](https://thenewstack.io).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/claude-desktop-can-now-easily-run-qwen-deepseek-and-kimi-models-after-ollamas", "canonical_source": "https://thenewstack.io/ollama-claude-desktop-integration/", "published_at": "2026-08-26 16:59:39+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-26 17:16:37.207697+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "developer-tools", "large-language-models"], "entities": ["Ollama", "Claude Desktop", "Anthropic", "Qwen", "DeepSeek", "Kimi"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/claude-desktop-can-now-easily-run-qwen-deepseek-and-kimi-models-after-ollamas", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/claude-desktop-can-now-easily-run-qwen-deepseek-and-kimi-models-after-ollamas.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/claude-desktop-can-now-easily-run-qwen-deepseek-and-kimi-models-after-ollamas.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/claude-desktop-can-now-easily-run-qwen-deepseek-and-kimi-models-after-ollamas.jsonld"}}