Ollama

Ollama is an open-source tool released in 2023 for downloading, managing and running AI models on a local computer.

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Ollama is open-source software created by Jeffrey Morgan and Michael Chiang and released in 2023. Built on llama.cpp, it downloads, manages and runs open models such as Llama and Gemma on a local computer, offering a command-line tool and a local API on macOS, Linux and Windows.

Known as a lightweight command-line tool that can fetch and run a model with a single command, it is widely used for running AI models on personal computers.

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Model connections cover OpenAI, Anthropic and Gemini APIs as well as local model servers such as Ollama and LM Studio.

Ollama provides command-line model management, Docker Model Runner serves containerized workloads, and LM Studio provides a graphical interface.


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