At server:

With Trueforge running, click gear icon bottom left, here you will see popular subscription based ones you can api key to and use here, OR,

Click "Add Custom Provider",

You need to use ollama, i checked ollama list i have qwen3:6latest

Checkout ollama tutorials, here , then run ollama

Mikey Vibe Coding and or tech with tim LLM Local

The Ollama server runs at

Make sure to add /v1 to end

See what models you have

Choose one enter in the Add Custom Provider

Click new chat top left and test to see if model and server are working

You can connect to LM Studio server too

Don't forget /v1