Ollama

Get up and running with large language models.

macOS

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Windows preview

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Linux

Manual install instructions

Docker

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

Libraries

• ollama-python
• ollama-js

Quickstart

To run and chat with Llama 3.2:

Model library

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

Here are some example models that can be downloaded:

[!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:

1. Create a file named Modelfile, with a FROM instruction with the local filepath to the model you want to import.

2. Create the model in Ollama

3. Run the model

Import from PyTorch or 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:

Create a Modelfile:

Next, create and run the model:

For more examples, see the examples directory. 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.

Pull a model

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

Remove a model

Copy a model

Multiline input

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

Multimodal models

Pass the prompt as an argument

Show model information

List models on your computer

List which models are currently loaded

Stop a model which is currently running

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:

Finally, in a separate shell, run a model:

REST API

Ollama has a REST API for running and managing models.

Generate a response

Chat with a model

See the API documentation for all endpoints.

Community Integrations

Web & Desktop

• Open WebUI
• Enchanted (macOS native)
• Hollama
• Lollms-Webui
• LibreChat
• Bionic GPT
• HTML UI
• Saddle
• 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
• QA-Pilot (Chat with Code Repository)
• 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)
• Olpaka (User-friendly Flutter Web App for Ollama)
• OllamaSpring (Ollama Client for macOS)
• LLocal.in (Easy to use Electron Desktop Client for Ollama)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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.
• Claude Dev - 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)
• LLMChat (Privacy focused, 100% local, intuitive all-in-one chat interface)
• ARGO (Locally download and run Ollama and Huggingface models with RAG on Mac/Windows/Linux)
• G1 (Prototype of using prompting strategies to improve the LLM's reasoning through o1-like reasoning chains.)

Terminal

• oterm
• Ellama Emacs client
• Emacs client
• gen.nvim
• ollama.nvim
• ollero.nvim
• ollama-chat.nvim
• ogpt.nvim
• gptel Emacs client
• Oatmeal
• cmdh
• ooo
• shell-pilot
• tenere
• llm-ollama for Datasette's LLM CLI.
• typechat-cli
• ShellOracle
• tlm
• podman-ollama
• gollama
• Ollama eBook Summary
• Ollama Mixture of Experts (MOE) in 50 lines of code
• vim-intelligence-bridge Simple interaction of "Ollama" with the Vim editor

Apple Vision Pro

• Enchanted

Database

• MindsDB (Connects Ollama models with nearly 200 data platforms and apps)
• chromem-go with example

Package managers

• Pacman
• Gentoo
• Helm Chart
• Guix channel
• Nix package
• Flox

Libraries

• LangChain and LangChain.js with example
• Firebase Genkit
• crewAI
• LangChainGo with example
• LangChain4j with example
• LangChainRust with example
• 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
• Gollm
• Ollamaclient for Golang
• High-level function abstraction in Go
• Ollama PHP
• Agents-Flex for Java with example

Mobile

• Enchanted
• Maid
• ConfiChat (Lightweight, standalone, multi-platform, and privacy focused LLM chat interface with optional encryption)

Extensions & Plugins

• Raycast extension
• Discollama (Discord bot inside the Ollama discord channel)
• Continue
• 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)
• 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 depends on ollama server)
• vnc-lm (A containerized Discord bot with support for attachments and web links)
• LSP-AI (Open-source language server for AI-powered functionality)
• QodeAssist (AI-powered coding assistant plugin for Qt Creator)
• Obsidian Quiz Generator plugin

Supported backends

• llama.cpp project founded by Georgi Gerganov.