fix: clarify Ollama inventory and download destination

README.md

@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ environment:
 
 The dashboard plugin API is mounted when the dashboard starts. Restart Hermes after installing or enabling the plugin; otherwise the plugin page can load while `/api/plugins/ollama-manager/status` still returns 404.
 
+## Download storage
+
+The plugin does not store model blobs in Hermes. It sends Ollama's native `POST /api/pull` request to the selected endpoint. Therefore a download goes to the Ollama instance shown in the job message, and the Ollama service owns the model storage location. The exact path is controlled by Ollama's `OLLAMA_MODELS` setting; common Linux service/user locations are `/usr/share/ollama/.ollama/models` and `~/.ollama/models`. Check the Ollama service environment on the target host to determine the authoritative path.
+
 ## Security limits
 
 - Uploaded files are limited to 20 MiB each

dashboard/dist/index.js

@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@
       h("section", { className: "ollama-toolbar" }, h("div", { className: "ollama-tabs" }, h(Button, { className: tab === "chat" ? "selected" : "", onClick: function () { setTab("chat"); } }, "Ollama Chat"), h(Button, { className: tab === "installed" ? "selected" : "", onClick: function () { setTab("installed"); } }, "Installed (" + ((data && data.models) || []).length + ")"), h(Button, { className: tab === "popular" ? "selected" : "", onClick: function () { setTab("popular"); } }, "Top 20 popular (" + ((data && data.popular) || []).length + ")"), h(Button, { className: tab === "catalog" ? "selected" : "", onClick: function () { setTab("catalog"); } }, "Available downloads (" + ((data && data.catalog) || []).length + ")")), tab !== "chat" && h("input", { className: "ollama-search", value: query, placeholder: "Search models, capabilities, or strengths…", onChange: function (event) { setQuery(event.target.value); } }), tab === "catalog" && h("div", { className: "ollama-catalog-controls" }, h("label", null, "Type", h("select", { className: "ollama-catalog-select", value: catalogType, onChange: function (event) { setCatalogType(event.target.value); } }, h("option", { value: "all" }, "All types"), h("option", { value: "moe" }, "MoE only"), h("option", { value: "dense" }, "Dense only"))), h("label", null, "Ability", h("select", { className: "ollama-catalog-select", value: catalogCapability, onChange: function (event) { setCatalogCapability(event.target.value); } }, h("option", { value: "all" }, "All abilities"), catalogCapabilities.map(function (capability) { return h("option", { key: capability, value: capability }, capability); }))), h("label", null, "Organize", h("select", { className: "ollama-catalog-select", value: catalogSort, onChange: function (event) { setCatalogSort(event.target.value); } }, h("option", { value: "popularity" }, "Popularity"), h("option", { value: "newest" }, "Newest"), h("option", { value: "size_asc" }, "Size: smallest first"), h("option", { value: "size_desc" }, "Size: largest first"), h("option", { value: "name" }, "Name"))))),
       tab !== "chat" && h("div", { className: "ollama-info-strip" }, h("span", null, data && data.models ? data.models.filter(function (m) { return m.loaded; }).length + " currently loaded" : "Loading runtime state…"), h("span", null, "Catalog checked " + (data && data.catalog_updated_at ? fmtDate(data.catalog_updated_at) : "not yet")), h("span", null, "Next daily check " + (data && data.next_catalog_refresh ? fmtDate(data.next_catalog_refresh) : "01:00 Melbourne time") + " (1:00 AM Melbourne time)")),
       tab === "chat" && h(ChatPanel, { models: data && data.models ? data.models : [], refresh: load }),
-      tab === "popular" && h("p", { className: "ollama-popular-note" }, "Popular is limited to models with known size and RAM estimates at or below the detected system RAM (" + (data && data.popular_filter && data.popular_filter.max_expected_ram_gib ? data.popular_filter.max_expected_ram_gib + " GiB" : "detecting…") + "). Oversized families are represented by a smaller fitting variant when available."), jobs.length > 0 && h("section", { className: "ollama-jobs" }, jobs.map(function (job) { return h("div", { key: job.id }, h("strong", null, job.action + " · " + job.name), h("span", null, job.percent == null ? job.status : job.percent + "%")); })),
+      tab === "popular" && h("p", { className: "ollama-popular-note" }, "Popular is limited to models with known size and RAM estimates at or below the detected system RAM (" + (data && data.popular_filter && data.popular_filter.max_expected_ram_gib ? data.popular_filter.max_expected_ram_gib + " GiB" : "detecting…") + "). Oversized families are represented by a smaller fitting variant when available."), jobs.length > 0 && h("section", { className: "ollama-jobs" }, jobs.map(function (job) { return h("div", { key: job.id }, h("strong", null, job.action + " · " + job.name + " · " + (job.target || "local") + (job.endpoint ? " · " + job.endpoint : "")), h("span", null, job.percent == null ? job.status : job.percent + "%")); })),
       tab !== "chat" && loading && h(Empty, null, "Loading local Ollama inventory…"), tab !== "chat" && !loading && !models.length && h(Empty, null, tab === "installed" ? "No local models found." : tab === "popular" ? "No popular catalog entries available." : "No catalog entries available. Try Refresh catalog."), tab !== "chat" && h("section", { className: "ollama-grid" }, models.map(function (model) { return h(ModelCard, { key: model.name, model: model, installed: tab === "installed" || !!model.installed, busy: busy, action: action }); }))
     );
   }

dashboard/manifest.json

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "label": "Ollama Models",
   "description": "Inspect, manage, and chat with local Ollama models, including shared persistent conversations, performance metrics, images, PDFs, URLs, and live memory telemetry.",
   "icon": "Cpu",
-  "version": "1.5.6",
+  "version": "1.5.7",
   "tab": {"path": "/ollama-manager", "position": "after:models"},
   "entry": "dist/index.js",
   "css": "dist/style.css",

dashboard/plugin_api.py

@@ -1632,24 +1632,27 @@ def catalog_refresh() -> dict[str, Any]:
 def pull_model(body: ModelRequest) -> dict[str, Any]:
     name = _valid_name(body.name)
     target = str(body.target or "local").strip().lower()
-    _target_endpoint(target)
+    endpoint = _target_endpoint(target)
-    return {"ok": True, "job_id": _new_job(name, "download", target), "message": f"Downloading or updating {name} on {target}"}
+    job_id = _new_job(name, "download", target)
+    return {"ok": True, "job_id": job_id, "endpoint": endpoint, "target": target, "message": f"Downloading or updating {name} on {target} ({endpoint})"}
 
 
 @router.post("/redownload")
 def redownload_model(body: ModelRequest) -> dict[str, Any]:
     name = _valid_name(body.name)
     target = str(body.target or "local").strip().lower()
-    _target_endpoint(target)
+    endpoint = _target_endpoint(target)
-    return {"ok": True, "job_id": _new_job(name, "redownload", target), "message": f"Re-downloading or updating {name} on {target}"}
+    job_id = _new_job(name, "redownload", target)
+    return {"ok": True, "job_id": job_id, "endpoint": endpoint, "target": target, "message": f"Re-downloading or updating {name} on {target} ({endpoint})"}
 
 
 @router.delete("/model")
 def delete_model(body: ModelRequest) -> dict[str, Any]:
     name = _valid_name(body.name)
     target = str(body.target or "local").strip().lower()
-    _target_endpoint(target)
+    endpoint = _target_endpoint(target)
-    return {"ok": True, "job_id": _new_job(name, "delete", target), "message": f"Removing {name} from {target}"}
+    job_id = _new_job(name, "delete", target)
+    return {"ok": True, "job_id": job_id, "endpoint": endpoint, "target": target, "message": f"Removing {name} from {target} ({endpoint})"}
 
 
 def create_ollama_routes(app) -> None:

plugin.yaml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: ollama-manager
-version: 1.5.6
+version: 1.5.7
 description: Native dashboard manager and chat interface for local Ollama models, attachments, URLs, shared persistent conversations, performance metrics, and live runtime telemetry.
 auto_install_dependencies: true
 python_dependencies: