diff --git a/client/client.go b/client/client.go
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+package client
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"iter"
+	"maps"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+	"runtime"
+
+	"github.com/ollama/ollama/api"
+	"github.com/ollama/ollama/envconfig"
+	"github.com/ollama/ollama/version"
+)
+
+type Error struct {
+	Status     string
+	StatusCode int
+}
+
+func (e Error) Error() string {
+	return e.Status
+}
+
+type Client struct {
+	baseURL *url.URL
+	header  http.Header
+}
+
+// WithBaseURL sets the base URL. It panics if it is invalid.
+func WithBaseURL(s string) func(*Client) {
+	return func(c *Client) {
+		parsed, err := url.Parse(s)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+		c.baseURL = parsed
+	}
+}
+
+// WithHeader sets custom HTTP headers.
+func WithHeader(h http.Header) func(*Client) {
+	return func(c *Client) {
+		c.header = h
+	}
+}
+
+func New(opts ...func(*Client) error) *Client {
+	c := Client{
+		baseURL: envconfig.Host(),
+		header: http.Header{
+			"Content-Type": {"application/json"},
+			"User-Agent":   {userAgent},
+		},
+	}
+	for _, opt := range opts {
+		opt(&c)
+	}
+	return &c
+}
+
+func (c *Client) Ping(ctx context.Context) error {
+	_, err := do[struct{}](c, ctx, http.MethodHead, "/", nil)
+	return err
+}
+
+func (c *Client) Chat(ctx context.Context, r api.ChatRequest) (iter.Seq2[api.ChatResponse, error], error) {
+	return doSeq[api.ChatResponse](c, ctx, http.MethodPost, "/api/chat", r)
+}
+
+// Pull downloads a model from a remote repository to the Ollama server.
+func (c *Client) Pull(ctx context.Context, r api.PullRequest) (iter.Seq2[api.ProgressResponse, error], error) {
+	return doSeq[api.ProgressResponse](c, ctx, http.MethodPost, "/api/pull", r)
+}
+
+// Push uploads a model from the Ollama server to a remote repository.
+func (c *Client) Push(ctx context.Context, r api.PushRequest) (iter.Seq2[api.ProgressResponse, error], error) {
+	return doSeq[api.ProgressResponse](c, ctx, http.MethodPost, "/api/push", r)
+}
+
+// Create builds a new model on the Ollama server.
+func (c *Client) Create(ctx context.Context, r api.CreateRequest) (iter.Seq2[api.ProgressResponse, error], error) {
+	return doSeq[api.ProgressResponse](c, ctx, http.MethodPost, "/api/create", r)
+}
+
+// List returns the list of models from the Ollama server.
+func (c *Client) List(ctx context.Context) (api.ListResponse, error) {
+	return do[api.ListResponse](c, ctx, http.MethodGet, "/api/tags", nil)
+}
+
+// Delete removes a model from the Ollama server.
+func (c *Client) Delete(ctx context.Context, r api.DeleteRequest) error {
+	_, err := do[struct{}](c, ctx, http.MethodDelete, "/api/delete", r)
+	return err
+}
+
+// Version returns the Ollama server version.
+func (c *Client) Version(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
+	type versionResponse struct {
+		Version string `json:"version"`
+	}
+	version, err := do[versionResponse](c, ctx, "GET", "/api/version", nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return version.Version, nil
+}
+
+var userAgent = fmt.Sprintf("ollama/%s (%s %s) Go/%s", version.Version, runtime.GOARCH, runtime.GOOS, runtime.Version())
+
+// do sends the specified HTTP request and returns the raw HTTP response. header are merged with the client's default headers.
+func (c *Client) do(ctx context.Context, method, path string, body any, header http.Header) (*http.Response, error) {
+	var b bytes.Buffer
+	if err := json.NewEncoder(&b).Encode(body); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	r, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, method, c.baseURL.JoinPath(path).String(), &b)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// copy headers into the request in order. later headers override earlier ones.
+	for _, header := range []http.Header{c.header, header} {
+		maps.Copy(r.Header, header)
+	}
+
+	w, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(r)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if w.StatusCode >= 400 {
+		return nil, Error{
+			Status:     w.Status,
+			StatusCode: w.StatusCode,
+		}
+	}
+
+	return w, nil
+}
+
+// do sends the specified HTTP request and returns the JSON response as type T
+func do[T any](c *Client, ctx context.Context, method, path string, body any) (t T, err error) {
+	w, err := c.do(ctx, method, path, body, http.Header{"Accept": {"application/json"}})
+	if err != nil {
+		return t, err
+	}
+	defer w.Body.Close()
+
+	if w.ContentLength > 0 && method != http.MethodHead {
+		if err := json.NewDecoder(w.Body).Decode(&t); err != nil {
+			return t, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return t, nil
+}
+
+// doSeq sends the specified HTTP request and returns an iterator that yields the JSON response chunks as type T
+func doSeq[T any](c *Client, ctx context.Context, method, path string, body any) (iter.Seq2[T, error], error) {
+	w, err := c.do(ctx, method, path, body, http.Header{"Accept": {"application/jsonl", "application/x-ndjson"}})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return func(yield func(T, error) bool) {
+		defer w.Body.Close()
+
+		bts := make([]byte, 0, 512<<10)
+		s := bufio.NewScanner(w.Body)
+		s.Buffer(bts, len(bts))
+		for s.Scan() {
+			var t T
+			if err := json.Unmarshal(s.Bytes(), &t); err != nil {
+				yield(t, err)
+				break
+			}
+
+			if !yield(t, nil) {
+				break
+			}
+		}
+	}, nil
+}