Been running n8n with Ollama for a few months now for work automation. Wanted to share what I’ve learned since it’s not super well-documented.

The setup is just Docker Compose with n8n + Ollama + Postgres. n8n’s HTTP Request node talks directly to Ollama’s REST API — no custom nodes needed.

What I’m running:

  • Email digest every morning (IMAP → Ollama → Slack)
  • Document summarization (PDF watcher → Ollama → notes)
  • Lead scoring from form webhooks

Zero API costs, everything stays on my server. If anyone wants the workflow templates I have a pack: https://workflows.neatbites.com/

Happy to answer questions about the setup.

  • frongt@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    2 hours ago

    I’d still give it a shot. A quick check of benchmarks suggests it’s not that much slower. I don’t know if that extends to ML computation though.