Add as an option

src-ui/src/app/data/paperless-config.ts

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ export const ConfigCategory = {
 export const LLMEmbeddingBackendConfig = {
   OPENAI_LIKE: 'openai-like',
   HUGGINGFACE: 'huggingface',
+  OLLAMA: 'ollama',
 }
 
 export const LLMBackendConfig = {

src/paperless/migrations/0010_alter_applicationconfiguration_llm_embedding_backend.py

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.2.6 on 2026-05-08 00:00
+
+from django.db import migrations
+from django.db import models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    dependencies = [
+        ("paperless", "0009_alter_applicationconfiguration_options"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name="applicationconfiguration",
+            name="llm_embedding_backend",
+            field=models.CharField(
+                blank=True,
+                choices=[
+                    ("openai-like", "OpenAI-compatible"),
+                    ("huggingface", "Huggingface"),
+                    ("ollama", "Ollama"),
+                ],
+                max_length=128,
+                null=True,
+                verbose_name="Sets the LLM embedding backend",
+            ),
+        ),
+    ]

src/paperless/models.py

@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ class ColorConvertChoices(models.TextChoices):
 class LLMEmbeddingBackend(models.TextChoices):
     OPENAI_LIKE = ("openai-like", _("OpenAI-compatible"))
     HUGGINGFACE = ("huggingface", _("Huggingface"))
+    OLLAMA = ("ollama", _("Ollama"))
 
 
 class LLMBackend(models.TextChoices):

src/paperless/settings/__init__.py

@@ -1178,7 +1178,7 @@ REMOTE_OCR_ENDPOINT = os.getenv("PAPERLESS_REMOTE_OCR_ENDPOINT")
 AI_ENABLED = get_bool_from_env("PAPERLESS_AI_ENABLED", "NO")
 LLM_EMBEDDING_BACKEND = os.getenv(
     "PAPERLESS_AI_LLM_EMBEDDING_BACKEND",
-)  # "huggingface" or "openai-like"
+)  # "huggingface", "openai-like", or "ollama"
 LLM_EMBEDDING_MODEL = os.getenv("PAPERLESS_AI_LLM_EMBEDDING_MODEL")
 LLM_BACKEND = os.getenv("PAPERLESS_AI_LLM_BACKEND")  # "ollama" or "openai-like"
 LLM_MODEL = os.getenv("PAPERLESS_AI_LLM_MODEL")