Ollama
Get up and running with large language models.
macOS
Download
Windows
Download
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
Community
Quickstart
To run and chat with Llama 3.2:
ollama run llama3.2
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 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-3.2 |
8B |
4.9GB |
ollama run granite3.2 |
[!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
- 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)
- 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)
- 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.
- 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)
- 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 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 equivent 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.)
- 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.)
Cloud
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
- 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.
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)
- 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
Libraries
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
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.