BOLT.diy installation

install

install nodejs
create a folder bolt.diy.dev and open the terminal in that folder
install: npm install -g pnpm && git clone https://github.com/stackblitz-labs/bolt.diy.git ./ && pnpm install && pnpm run build
start: pnpm start

Note:

You could create a start file start.cmd for windows, and start.sh for MacOS/Linux with:

pnpm start

in it, and add a shortcut of it to your desktop.

You can use a local ollama (just install the software, you can click a model to use within BOLT, preferably gemma3:12b or deepseek )

Get an api key for

google gemini for free (and unlimited): https://aistudio.google.com/apikey (any google account needed)
- just the speed is reduced for the free tier
vscode copilot (GPTs, claude): https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2024/12/18/free-github-copilot (github account needed)
- free: 2000 code completions/month, 50 chat requests/month
- I have been told, but do not know for certain, that the key can be viewed/downloaded

You can set it in your start script:

Windows

set GOOGLE_GENERATIVE_AI_API_KEY=asdfasdfasfasfasdf
pnpm start

MacOS/Linux

export GOOGLE_GENERATIVE_AI_API_KEY=asdfasdfasfasfasdf
pnpm start

There is also Windsurf Plugin (formaly Codeium), with their own LLM for free.

This 2 combine Project generation + Code completion:

... you can use Roo Code (open source) ... and select options to use Ollama or Gemini or any other LLM provider.

Project + File generation, explain in separate window (like Windsurf Editor, Cursor, ...)
MCP Server support

Also Continue (open source, https://www.continue.dev/) ... The abilities are separate tools in vscode.