Ollama Bash Autocompletion

A smart autocompletion script for the ollama CLI in Bash.

Features

• Dynamic Local Models: Automatically fetches your currently downloaded models for commands like ollama run, ollama rm, ollama show, ollama cp, and ollama push.
• Intelligent Pull Suggestions: When typing ollama pull, it will suggest the most popular base models (like llama3, qwen2.5, mistral, etc.) and seamlessly combine them with the base names of models you already have locally.
• Colon Tag Support: Seamlessly handles tags containing colons (e.g. llama3:8b) without breaking word splitting.

Installation

Temporary Usage (Current Session)

Source the script directly in your terminal:

source ./ollama-bash-completion.sh

Permanent Installation

To have it load automatically every time you open a terminal:

1. Copy the script to a safe location, or the default bash-completion user directory:

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/bash-completion/completions
cp ollama-bash-completion.sh ~/.local/share/bash-completion/completions/ollama

2. Alternatively, you can add it to your .bashrc:

echo "source \"$(pwd)/ollama-bash-completion.sh\"" >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

Testing it out

Try typing the following and hitting <TAB>:

• ollama r<TAB> -> completes to rm or run
• ollama run <TAB> -> lists your downloaded models
• ollama pull l<TAB> -> lists popular models like llama3, llava
• ollama pull llama3:<TAB> -> fetches and suggests available tags like 8b, 70b, instruct, etc.