Ollama

Get up and running with large language models.

macOS

Windows

Linux

curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh

Manual install instructions

Docker

The official Ollama Docker image ollama/ollama is available on Docker Hub.

Libraries

ollama-python
ollama-js

Community

Discord
Reddit

Quickstart

To run and chat with Gemma 3:

ollama run gemma3

Model library

Ollama supports a list of models available on ollama.com/library

Here are some example models that can be downloaded:

Model	Parameters	Size	Download
Gemma 3	1B	815MB	`ollama run gemma3:1b`
Gemma 3	4B	3.3GB	`ollama run gemma3`
Gemma 3	12B	8.1GB	`ollama run gemma3:12b`
Gemma 3	27B	17GB	`ollama run gemma3:27b`
QwQ	32B	20GB	`ollama run qwq`
DeepSeek-R1	7B	4.7GB	`ollama run deepseek-r1`
DeepSeek-R1	671B	404GB	`ollama run deepseek-r1:671b`
Llama 4	109B	67GB	`ollama run llama4:scout`
Llama 4	400B	245GB	`ollama run llama4:maverick`
Llama 3.3	70B	43GB	`ollama run llama3.3`
Llama 3.2	3B	2.0GB	`ollama run llama3.2`
Llama 3.2	1B	1.3GB	`ollama run llama3.2:1b`
Llama 3.2 Vision	11B	7.9GB	`ollama run llama3.2-vision`
Llama 3.2 Vision	90B	55GB	`ollama run llama3.2-vision:90b`
Llama 3.1	8B	4.7GB	`ollama run llama3.1`
Llama 3.1	405B	231GB	`ollama run llama3.1:405b`
Phi 4	14B	9.1GB	`ollama run phi4`
Phi 4 Mini	3.8B	2.5GB	`ollama run phi4-mini`
Mistral	7B	4.1GB	`ollama run mistral`
Moondream 2	1.4B	829MB	`ollama run moondream`
Neural Chat	7B	4.1GB	`ollama run neural-chat`
Starling	7B	4.1GB	`ollama run starling-lm`
Code Llama	7B	3.8GB	`ollama run codellama`
Llama 2 Uncensored	7B	3.8GB	`ollama run llama2-uncensored`
LLaVA	7B	4.5GB	`ollama run llava`
Granite-3.3	8B	4.9GB	`ollama run granite3.3`

Note

You should have at least 8 GB of RAM available to run the 7B models, 16 GB to run the 13B models, and 32 GB to run the 33B models.

Customize a model

Import from GGUF

Ollama supports importing GGUF models in the Modelfile:

Create a file named Modelfile, with a FROM instruction with the local filepath to the model you want to import.
```
FROM ./vicuna-33b.Q4_0.gguf
```
Create the model in Ollama
```
ollama create example -f Modelfile
```
Run the model
```
ollama run example
```

Import from Safetensors

See the guide on importing models for more information.

Customize a prompt

Models from the Ollama library can be customized with a prompt. For example, to customize the llama3.2 model:

ollama pull llama3.2

Create a Modelfile:

FROM llama3.2

# set the temperature to 1 [higher is more creative, lower is more coherent]
PARAMETER temperature 1

# set the system message
SYSTEM """
You are Mario from Super Mario Bros. Answer as Mario, the assistant, only.
"""

Next, create and run the model:

ollama create mario -f ./Modelfile
ollama run mario
>>> hi
Hello! It's your friend Mario.

For more information on working with a Modelfile, see the Modelfile documentation.

CLI Reference

Create a model

ollama create is used to create a model from a Modelfile.

ollama create mymodel -f ./Modelfile

Pull a model

ollama pull llama3.2

This command can also be used to update a local model. Only the diff will be pulled.

Remove a model

ollama rm llama3.2

Copy a model

ollama cp llama3.2 my-model

Multiline input

For multiline input, you can wrap text with """:

>>> """Hello,
... world!
... """
I'm a basic program that prints the famous "Hello, world!" message to the console.

Multimodal models

ollama run llava "What's in this image? /Users/jmorgan/Desktop/smile.png"

Output: The image features a yellow smiley face, which is likely the central focus of the picture.

Pass the prompt as an argument

ollama run llama3.2 "Summarize this file: $(cat README.md)"

Output: Ollama is a lightweight, extensible framework for building and running language models on the local machine. It provides a simple API for creating, running, and managing models, as well as a library of pre-built models that can be easily used in a variety of applications.

Show model information

ollama show llama3.2

List models on your computer

ollama list

List which models are currently loaded

ollama ps

Stop a model which is currently running

ollama stop llama3.2

Start Ollama

ollama serve is used when you want to start ollama without running the desktop application.

Building

See the developer guide

Running local builds

Next, start the server:

./ollama serve

Finally, in a separate shell, run a model:

./ollama run llama3.2

REST API

Ollama has a REST API for running and managing models.

Generate a response

curl http://localhost:11434/api/generate -d '{
  "model": "llama3.2",
  "prompt":"Why is the sky blue?"
}'

Chat with a model

curl http://localhost:11434/api/chat -d '{
  "model": "llama3.2",
  "messages": [
    { "role": "user", "content": "why is the sky blue?" }
  ]
}'

See the API documentation for all endpoints.

Community Integrations

Web & Desktop

Open WebUI
SwiftChat (macOS with ReactNative)
Enchanted (macOS native)
Hollama
Lollms-Webui
LibreChat
Bionic GPT
HTML UI
Saddle
TagSpaces (A platform for file-based apps, utilizing Ollama for the generation of tags and descriptions)
Chatbot UI
Chatbot UI v2
Typescript UI
Minimalistic React UI for Ollama Models
Ollamac
big-AGI
Cheshire Cat assistant framework
Amica
chatd
Ollama-SwiftUI
Dify.AI
MindMac
NextJS Web Interface for Ollama
Msty
Chatbox
WinForm Ollama Copilot
NextChat with Get Started Doc
Alpaca WebUI
OllamaGUI
OpenAOE
Odin Runes
LLM-X (Progressive Web App)
AnythingLLM (Docker + MacOs/Windows/Linux native app)
Ollama Basic Chat: Uses HyperDiv Reactive UI
Ollama-chats RPG
IntelliBar (AI-powered assistant for macOS)
Jirapt (Jira Integration to generate issues, tasks, epics)
ojira (Jira chrome plugin to easily generate descriptions for tasks)
QA-Pilot (Interactive chat tool that can leverage Ollama models for rapid understanding and navigation of GitHub code repositories)
ChatOllama (Open Source Chatbot based on Ollama with Knowledge Bases)
CRAG Ollama Chat (Simple Web Search with Corrective RAG)
RAGFlow (Open-source Retrieval-Augmented Generation engine based on deep document understanding)
StreamDeploy (LLM Application Scaffold)
chat (chat web app for teams)
Lobe Chat with Integrating Doc
Ollama RAG Chatbot (Local Chat with multiple PDFs using Ollama and RAG)
BrainSoup (Flexible native client with RAG & multi-agent automation)
macai (macOS client for Ollama, ChatGPT, and other compatible API back-ends)
RWKV-Runner (RWKV offline LLM deployment tool, also usable as a client for ChatGPT and Ollama)
Ollama Grid Search (app to evaluate and compare models)
Olpaka (User-friendly Flutter Web App for Ollama)
Casibase (An open source AI knowledge base and dialogue system combining the latest RAG, SSO, ollama support, and multiple large language models.)
OllamaSpring (Ollama Client for macOS)
LLocal.in (Easy to use Electron Desktop Client for Ollama)
Shinkai Desktop (Two click install Local AI using Ollama + Files + RAG)
AiLama (A Discord User App that allows you to interact with Ollama anywhere in Discord)
Ollama with Google Mesop (Mesop Chat Client implementation with Ollama)
R2R (Open-source RAG engine)
Ollama-Kis (A simple easy-to-use GUI with sample custom LLM for Drivers Education)
OpenGPA (Open-source offline-first Enterprise Agentic Application)
Painting Droid (Painting app with AI integrations)
Kerlig AI (AI writing assistant for macOS)
AI Studio
Sidellama (browser-based LLM client)
LLMStack (No-code multi-agent framework to build LLM agents and workflows)
BoltAI for Mac (AI Chat Client for Mac)
Harbor (Containerized LLM Toolkit with Ollama as default backend)
PyGPT (AI desktop assistant for Linux, Windows, and Mac)
Alpaca (An Ollama client application for Linux and macOS made with GTK4 and Adwaita)
AutoGPT (AutoGPT Ollama integration)
Go-CREW (Powerful Offline RAG in Golang)
PartCAD (CAD model generation with OpenSCAD and CadQuery)
Ollama4j Web UI - Java-based Web UI for Ollama built with Vaadin, Spring Boot, and Ollama4j
PyOllaMx - macOS application capable of chatting with both Ollama and Apple MLX models.
Cline - Formerly known as Claude Dev is a VSCode extension for multi-file/whole-repo coding
Cherry Studio (Desktop client with Ollama support)
ConfiChat (Lightweight, standalone, multi-platform, and privacy-focused LLM chat interface with optional encryption)
Archyve (RAG-enabling document library)
crewAI with Mesop (Mesop Web Interface to run crewAI with Ollama)
Tkinter-based client (Python tkinter-based Client for Ollama)
LLMChat (Privacy focused, 100% local, intuitive all-in-one chat interface)
Local Multimodal AI Chat (Ollama-based LLM Chat with support for multiple features, including PDF RAG, voice chat, image-based interactions, and integration with OpenAI.)
ARGO (Locally download and run Ollama and Huggingface models with RAG and deep research on Mac/Windows/Linux)
OrionChat - OrionChat is a web interface for chatting with different AI providers
G1 (Prototype of using prompting strategies to improve the LLM's reasoning through o1-like reasoning chains.)
Web management (Web management page)
Promptery (desktop client for Ollama.)
Ollama App (Modern and easy-to-use multi-platform client for Ollama)
chat-ollama (a React Native client for Ollama)
SpaceLlama (Firefox and Chrome extension to quickly summarize web pages with ollama in a sidebar)
YouLama (Webapp to quickly summarize any YouTube video, supporting Invidious as well)
DualMind (Experimental app allowing two models to talk to each other in the terminal or in a web interface)
ollamarama-matrix (Ollama chatbot for the Matrix chat protocol)
ollama-chat-app (Flutter-based chat app)
Perfect Memory AI (Productivity AI assists personalized by what you have seen on your screen, heard, and said in the meetings)
Hexabot (A conversational AI builder)
Reddit Rate (Search and Rate Reddit topics with a weighted summation)
OpenTalkGpt (Chrome Extension to manage open-source models supported by Ollama, create custom models, and chat with models from a user-friendly UI)
VT (A minimal multimodal AI chat app, with dynamic conversation routing. Supports local models via Ollama)
Nosia (Easy to install and use RAG platform based on Ollama)
Witsy (An AI Desktop application available for Mac/Windows/Linux)
Abbey (A configurable AI interface server with notebooks, document storage, and YouTube support)
Minima (RAG with on-premises or fully local workflow)
aidful-ollama-model-delete (User interface for simplified model cleanup)
Perplexica (An AI-powered search engine & an open-source alternative to Perplexity AI)
Ollama Chat WebUI for Docker (Support for local docker deployment, lightweight ollama webui)
AI Toolkit for Visual Studio Code (Microsoft-official VSCode extension to chat, test, evaluate models with Ollama support, and use them in your AI applications.)
MinimalNextOllamaChat (Minimal Web UI for Chat and Model Control)
Chipper AI interface for tinkerers (Ollama, Haystack RAG, Python)
ChibiChat (Kotlin-based Android app to chat with Ollama and Koboldcpp API endpoints)
LocalLLM (Minimal Web-App to run ollama models on it with a GUI)
Ollamazing (Web extension to run Ollama models)
OpenDeepResearcher-via-searxng (A Deep Research equivalent endpoint with Ollama support for running locally)
AntSK (Out-of-the-box & Adaptable RAG Chatbot)
MaxKB (Ready-to-use & flexible RAG Chatbot)
yla (Web interface to freely interact with your customized models)
LangBot (LLM-based instant messaging bots platform, with Agents, RAG features, supports multiple platforms)
1Panel (Web-based Linux Server Management Tool)
AstrBot (User-friendly LLM-based multi-platform chatbot with a WebUI, supporting RAG, LLM agents, and plugins integration)
Reins (Easily tweak parameters, customize system prompts per chat, and enhance your AI experiments with reasoning model support.)
Flufy (A beautiful chat interface for interacting with Ollama's API. Built with React, TypeScript, and Material-UI.)
Ellama (Friendly native app to chat with an Ollama instance)
screenpipe Build agents powered by your screen history
Ollamb (Simple yet rich in features, cross-platform built with Flutter and designed for Ollama. Try the web demo.)
Writeopia (Text editor with integration with Ollama)
AppFlowy (AI collaborative workspace with Ollama, cross-platform and self-hostable)
Lumina (A lightweight, minimal React.js frontend for interacting with Ollama servers)
Tiny Notepad (A lightweight, notepad-like interface to chat with ollama available on PyPI)
macLlama (macOS native) (A native macOS GUI application for interacting with Ollama models, featuring a chat interface.)
GPTranslate (A fast and lightweight, AI powered desktop translation application written with Rust and Tauri. Features real-time translation with OpenAI/Azure/Ollama.)
ollama launcher (A launcher for Ollama, aiming to provide users with convenient functions such as ollama server launching, management, or configuration.)
ai-hub (AI Hub supports multiple models via API keys and Chat support via Ollama API.)
Mayan EDMS (Open source document management system to organize, tag, search, and automate your files with powerful Ollama driven workflows.)
Serene Pub (Beginner friendly, open source AI Roleplaying App for Windows, Mac OS and Linux. Search, download and use models with Ollama all inside the app.)
Andes (A Visual Studio Code extension that provides a local UI interface for Ollama models)
Clueless (Open Source & Local Cluely: A desktop application LLM assistant to help you talk to anything on your screen using locally served Ollama models. Also undetectable to screenshare)
ollama-co2 (FastAPI web interface for monitoring and managing local and remote Ollama servers with real-time model monitoring and concurrent downloads)

Cloud

Google Cloud
Fly.io
Koyeb

Terminal

oterm
Ellama Emacs client
Emacs client
neollama UI client for interacting with models from within Neovim
gen.nvim
ollama.nvim
ollero.nvim
ollama-chat.nvim
ogpt.nvim
gptel Emacs client
Oatmeal
cmdh
ooo
shell-pilot(Interact with models via pure shell scripts on Linux or macOS)
tenere
llm-ollama for Datasette's LLM CLI.
typechat-cli
ShellOracle
tlm
podman-ollama
gollama
ParLlama
Ollama eBook Summary
Ollama Mixture of Experts (MOE) in 50 lines of code
vim-intelligence-bridge Simple interaction of "Ollama" with the Vim editor
x-cmd ollama
bb7
SwollamaCLI bundled with the Swollama Swift package. Demo
aichat All-in-one LLM CLI tool featuring Shell Assistant, Chat-REPL, RAG, AI tools & agents, with access to OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Ollama, Groq, and more.
PowershAI PowerShell module that brings AI to terminal on Windows, including support for Ollama
DeepShell Your self-hosted AI assistant. Interactive Shell, Files and Folders analysis.
orbiton Configuration-free text editor and IDE with support for tab completion with Ollama.
orca-cli Ollama Registry CLI Application - Browse, pull, and download models from Ollama Registry in your terminal.
GGUF-to-Ollama - Importing GGUF to Ollama made easy (multiplatform)
AWS-Strands-With-Ollama - AWS Strands Agents with Ollama Examples
ollama-multirun - A bash shell script to run a single prompt against any or all of your locally installed ollama models, saving the output and performance statistics as easily navigable web pages. (Demo)
ollama-bash-toolshed - Bash scripts to chat with tool using models. Add new tools to your shed with ease. Runs on Ollama.
VT Code - VT Code is a Rust-based terminal coding agent with semantic code intelligence via Tree-sitter. Ollama integration for running local/cloud models with configurable endpoints.

Apple Vision Pro

SwiftChat (Cross-platform AI chat app supporting Apple Vision Pro via "Designed for iPad")
Enchanted

Database

pgai - PostgreSQL as a vector database (Create and search embeddings from Ollama models using pgvector)
- Get started guide
MindsDB (Connects Ollama models with nearly 200 data platforms and apps)
chromem-go with example
Kangaroo (AI-powered SQL client and admin tool for popular databases)

Package managers

Pacman
Gentoo
Homebrew
Helm Chart
Guix channel
Nix package
Flox

Libraries

LangChain and LangChain.js with example
Firebase Genkit
crewAI
Yacana (User-friendly multi-agent framework for brainstorming and executing predetermined flows with built-in tool integration)
Spring AI with reference and example
LangChainGo with example
LangChain4j with example
LangChainRust with example
LangChain for .NET with example
LLPhant
LlamaIndex and LlamaIndexTS
LiteLLM
OllamaFarm for Go
OllamaSharp for .NET
Ollama for Ruby
Ollama-rs for Rust
Ollama-hpp for C++
Ollama4j for Java
ModelFusion Typescript Library
OllamaKit for Swift
Ollama for Dart
Ollama for Laravel
LangChainDart
Semantic Kernel - Python
Haystack
Elixir LangChain
Ollama for R - rollama
Ollama for R - ollama-r
Ollama-ex for Elixir
Ollama Connector for SAP ABAP
Testcontainers
Portkey
PromptingTools.jl with an example
LlamaScript
llm-axe (Python Toolkit for Building LLM Powered Apps)
Gollm
Gollama for Golang
Ollamaclient for Golang
High-level function abstraction in Go
Ollama PHP
Agents-Flex for Java with example
Parakeet is a GoLang library, made to simplify the development of small generative AI applications with Ollama.
Haverscript with examples
Ollama for Swift
Swollama for Swift with DocC
GoLamify
Ollama for Haskell
multi-llm-ts (A Typescript/JavaScript library allowing access to different LLM in a unified API)
LlmTornado (C# library providing a unified interface for major FOSS & Commercial inference APIs)
Ollama for Zig
Abso (OpenAI-compatible TypeScript SDK for any LLM provider)
Nichey is a Python package for generating custom wikis for your research topic
Ollama for D
OllamaPlusPlus (Very simple C++ library for Ollama)
any-llm (A single interface to use different llm providers by mozilla.ai)
any-agent (A single interface to use and evaluate different agent frameworks by mozilla.ai)
Neuro SAN (Data-driven multi-agent orchestration framework) with example
achatbot-go a multimodal(text/audio/image) chatbot.

Mobile

SwiftChat (Lightning-fast Cross-platform AI chat app with native UI for Android, iOS, and iPad)
Enchanted
Maid
Ollama App (Modern and easy-to-use multi-platform client for Ollama)
ConfiChat (Lightweight, standalone, multi-platform, and privacy-focused LLM chat interface with optional encryption)
Ollama Android Chat (No need for Termux, start the Ollama service with one click on an Android device)
Reins (Easily tweak parameters, customize system prompts per chat, and enhance your AI experiments with reasoning model support.)

Extensions & Plugins

Raycast extension
Discollama (Discord bot inside the Ollama discord channel)
Continue
Vibe (Transcribe and analyze meetings with Ollama)
Obsidian Ollama plugin
Logseq Ollama plugin
NotesOllama (Apple Notes Ollama plugin)
Dagger Chatbot
Discord AI Bot
Ollama Telegram Bot
Hass Ollama Conversation
Rivet plugin
Obsidian BMO Chatbot plugin
Cliobot (Telegram bot with Ollama support)
Copilot for Obsidian plugin
Obsidian Local GPT plugin
Open Interpreter
Llama Coder (Copilot alternative using Ollama)
Ollama Copilot (Proxy that allows you to use Ollama as a copilot like GitHub Copilot)
twinny (Copilot and Copilot chat alternative using Ollama)
Wingman-AI (Copilot code and chat alternative using Ollama and Hugging Face)
Page Assist (Chrome Extension)
Plasmoid Ollama Control (KDE Plasma extension that allows you to quickly manage/control Ollama model)
AI Telegram Bot (Telegram bot using Ollama in backend)
AI ST Completion (Sublime Text 4 AI assistant plugin with Ollama support)
Discord-Ollama Chat Bot (Generalized TypeScript Discord Bot w/ Tuning Documentation)
ChatGPTBox: All in one browser extension with Integrating Tutorial
Discord AI chat/moderation bot Chat/moderation bot written in python. Uses Ollama to create personalities.
Headless Ollama (Scripts to automatically install ollama client & models on any OS for apps that depend on ollama server)
Terraform AWS Ollama & Open WebUI (A Terraform module to deploy on AWS a ready-to-use Ollama service, together with its front-end Open WebUI service.)
node-red-contrib-ollama
Local AI Helper (Chrome and Firefox extensions that enable interactions with the active tab and customisable API endpoints. Includes secure storage for user prompts.)
vnc-lm (Discord bot for messaging with LLMs through Ollama and LiteLLM. Seamlessly move between local and flagship models.)
LSP-AI (Open-source language server for AI-powered functionality)
QodeAssist (AI-powered coding assistant plugin for Qt Creator)
Obsidian Quiz Generator plugin
AI Summmary Helper plugin
TextCraft (Copilot in Word alternative using Ollama)
Alfred Ollama (Alfred Workflow)
TextLLaMA A Chrome Extension that helps you write emails, correct grammar, and translate into any language
Simple-Discord-AI
LLM Telegram Bot (telegram bot, primary for RP. Oobabooga-like buttons, A1111 API integration e.t.c)
mcp-llm (MCP Server to allow LLMs to call other LLMs)
SimpleOllamaUnity (Unity Engine extension for communicating with Ollama in a few lines of code. Also works at runtime)
UnityCodeLama (Unity Edtior tool to analyze scripts via Ollama)
NativeMind (Private, on-device AI Assistant, no cloud dependencies)
GMAI - Gradle Managed AI (Gradle plugin for automated Ollama lifecycle management during build phases)
NOMYO Router (A transparent Ollama proxy with model deployment aware routing which auto-manages multiple Ollama instances in a given network)

Supported backends

llama.cpp project founded by Georgi Gerganov.

Observability

Opik is an open-source platform to debug, evaluate, and monitor your LLM applications, RAG systems, and agentic workflows with comprehensive tracing, automated evaluations, and production-ready dashboards. Opik supports native intergration to Ollama.
Lunary is the leading open-source LLM observability platform. It provides a variety of enterprise-grade features such as real-time analytics, prompt templates management, PII masking, and comprehensive agent tracing.
OpenLIT is an OpenTelemetry-native tool for monitoring Ollama Applications & GPUs using traces and metrics.
HoneyHive is an AI observability and evaluation platform for AI agents. Use HoneyHive to evaluate agent performance, interrogate failures, and monitor quality in production.
Langfuse is an open source LLM observability platform that enables teams to collaboratively monitor, evaluate and debug AI applications.
MLflow Tracing is an open source LLM observability tool with a convenient API to log and visualize traces, making it easy to debug and evaluate GenAI applications.

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