Ollama AlternativesLarge Language Model (LLM) Tools & AI Chatbots like Ollama

Ollama is described as 'Facilitates local deployment of Llama 3, Code Llama, and other language models, enabling customization and offline AI development. Perfect for creating personalized AI chatbots and writing tools' and is a very popular AI Chatbot in the ai tools & services category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Ollama for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Android apps. The best Ollama alternative is DeepSeek, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Ollama are Jan.ai, AnythingLLM, LM Studio and Alpaca - Ollama Client.

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Ollama alternatives are mainly Large Language Model (LLM) Tools, but if you're looking for AI Chatbots or AI Writing Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Open Source. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Ollama.
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  1. DeepSeek icon
     101 likes

    DeepSeek is a state-of-the-art AI assistant designed to provide intelligent, conversational support across diverse tasks. It leverages advanced natural language processing and machine learning to answer questions, generate creative content, solve complex problems, and offer...

    154 DeepSeek alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  2. Jan.ai icon
     86 likes

    Jan is an open source alternative to ChatGPT that runs 100% offline on your computer.

    194 Jan.ai alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Online
     
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    Comments about Jan.ai as an Alternative to Ollama
    gbossley
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    Ollama is now enhanced by UI extensions for (at least) Firefox and Chrome called Page Assist!

    erdar
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    While ollama is only console based, with Jan you can use the LLMs directily via UI.

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    • Jan.ai is Free and Open SourceOllama is also Free and Open Source
    • Jan.ai is Customizable and LightweightOllama is not according to our users
  3. Google Gemma icon
     25 likes

    A family of lightweight, state-of-the art open models built from the same research and technology that we used to create the Gemini models.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. Private GPT icon
     32 likes

    Ask questions to your documents without an internet connection, using the power of LLMs. 100% private, no data leaves your execution environment at any point. You can ingest documents and ask questions without an internet connection!

    243 Private GPT alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  5. Instella icon
     8 likes

    Instella, a large language model tool developed by AMD, provides exceptional performance with open access to model weights and training data, promoting advancements in AI. It bridges the gap between fully open and open weight models by outperforming competitors like Llama-3.2-3B.

    52 Instella alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • PyTorch
     
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