# Show HN: ChickenButt a Native GTK Chat Client for Ollama on Linux

> Source: <https://www.chickenbutt.dev/>
> Published: 2026-08-21 23:12:23+00:00

What's up, ChickenButt?

I made a free, native GTK client called ChickenButt. :)

It lets you chat with local models through Ollama, and I figured some of you might get a kick out of it.

Here's the repo: [https://github.com/pixelhackstudios/ChickenButt](https://github.com/pixelhackstudios/ChickenButt)

I've always hated reading long text in the terminal, and I couldn't find anything that ran locally that allowed me to get quick answers from LLMs when I needed them.

Also, not everyone has access to the frontier models and whatnot, so I thought helping people who only have access to more cost-effective AI would be a fun way to contribute to the FOSS community. So, I built ChickenButt!

It was really fun to build, and I wanted to share it.

Enjoy! :)

Comments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49394859](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49394859)

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