Built a local-first workflow automation platform around Ollama - now at v0.11.0
I've been working on an open-source workflow automation platform over the past few months, with Ollama as one of the first-class providers rather than treating it as an afterthought.
The goal wasn't to build another chat UI, but a deterministic workflow engine where local models can power automation pipelines.
Some of the things it supports now:
- Local LLM execution with Ollama
- Agent semantic memory (using local embeddings like
nomic-embed-text) - Document RAG
- Visual workflow builder
- Conditional branching and graph-based execution
- Human-in-the-loop approval nodes
- Multi-agent (A2A) workflows
- Browser, HTTP, Email, File and MCP tools
- Step replay, retries and execution history
One thing I wanted from the beginning was to avoid vendor lock-in, so the execution engine treats providers as adapters. A workflow can run entirely on Ollama, or mix local models with cloud providers if needed.
The latest v0.11.0 release also adds a lot of improvements around workflow execution, observability, dashboarding, retrieval, and multi-agent orchestration.
I'd love feedback from people here who run Ollama locally:
- Is there anything missing that you'd expect from a local-first automation platform?
- Any features that would make Ollama fit even better into workflow-based systems?
Happy to answer any implementation questions.
Posted Jul 27, 2026, 7:03 AM UTC