# Discourse Chatbot 🤖

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chatbot/256652
**Category:** Plugin
**Tags:** ai
**Created:** [March 1, 2023, 11:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chatbot/256652 "2023-03-01T11:08:25Z")
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### Author: ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2024, 1:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chatbot/256652/960 "2024-09-28T13:13:25Z")

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I just tested Chatbot with the default brand new 3B [llama3.2](https://www.llama.com/docs/overview) locally and I must say it’s _INCREDIBLE_.

Tools appear to work and it’s _very_ fast.

 ![The image shows a screenshot of a chatbot conversation, where a user has asked about the root of the number 65. (Captioned by AI)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/2/3/2/2322f97aeb624bdb23dd7b9e9f2ba4f533a27912.png)

Great work Meta!

This is a fantastic option for development or experimentation at low cost or where you have limited internet.

Settings:

 ![This image shows a screenshot of a chatbot interface with three different chatbot types and their respective chatbot open ai model high trust trust model high trust model custom model name advanced users only high trust users, custom model name advanced users only high trust users, name of model - (Captioned by AI)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/f/c/0/fc081b11a565cca4543ee86a066b559ee2a1e634.png)

(this model dropdown is ignored here as you’ve specified the option of a custom model)

You must have [ollama](https://ollama.com/) installed and running

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