Install Ekorbia
Ekorbia is a native macOS desktop app. Before you can run it you need two things on your machine:
- Ollama — the local AI model runtime
- A chat model — at least one model pulled into Ollama (covered in the next page)
This page walks through installing Ollama and the Ekorbia app itself.
Install Ollama
Download Ollama from ollama.com and run the installer.
After it installs, Ollama runs in the background and exposes a local API on port 11434. Ekorbia talks to it over that port — no configuration needed on your end.
You can verify Ollama is running by opening your terminal and typing:
ollama --version
If you see a version number, you’re good. If the command isn’t found, restart your terminal — the installer adds Ollama to your PATH but only new shells pick that up.
Ekorbia can start Ollama for you. When you launch Ekorbia, it checks whether Ollama is already running. If it isn’t, a small banner appears offering to start it. You don’t have to interact with Ollama directly day-to-day.
Install Ekorbia
Download the latest Ekorbia DMG from the website and drag the app to your Applications folder. The first launch may show a Gatekeeper prompt — right-click the app icon and choose Open if macOS won’t let you double-click it.
On first launch Ekorbia runs a brief onboarding tour covering the hotkeys, attachments, memory file, and prompts library. You can skip it any time with Esc, and re-open it later from Settings → General → Help → Show tour again.
What gets created on your machine
On first run, Ekorbia creates a few things — all on your local disk, none on a server:
| What | Where | Why |
|---|---|---|
| App data folder | ~/Library/Application Support/dev.ekorbia.desktop/ | Chats, settings, and attachment metadata |
| Prompts folder | ~/Documents/Ekorbia/Prompts/ | Your prompts library (28 built-ins shipped) |
| Memory file | ~/Documents/Ekorbia/memory.md | Your personal context file (empty by default) |
Both the prompts folder and memory file paths are configurable in Settings. The app data folder is fixed by macOS convention.