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 Mac, Windows, 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, Alpaca - Ollama Client and LM Studio.

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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

    DeepSeek

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    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...

    144 DeepSeek alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    • DeepSeek is the most popular Web-based, Android, iPhone & iPad alternative to Ollama.

    • DeepSeek is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Ollama.

    • DeepSeek is Freemium and Open SourceOllama is Free and Open Source
    • DeepSeek is LightweightOllama is not according to our users
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    Jan.ai

     84 likes

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

    174 Jan.ai alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    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 the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Ollama.

    • 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
  4. AnythingLLM icon

    AnythingLLM

     42 likes

    A multi-user ChatGPT for any LLMs and vector database. Unlimited documents, messages, and storage in one privacy-focused app. Now available as a desktop application!.

    153 AnythingLLM alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Linux
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    • AnythingLLM is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Ollama.

    • AnythingLLM is Free and Open SourceOllama is also Free and Open Source
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    Alpaca - Ollama Client

     30 likes

    Alpaca is an Ollama client where you can manage and chat with multiple models, Alpaca provides an easy and begginer friendly way of interacting with local AI.

    133 Alpaca - Ollama Client alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    Google Gemma

     24 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.

    70 Google Gemma alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • Google Gemma is the most popular commercial alternative to Ollama.

    • Google Gemma is Paid and ProprietaryOllama is Free and Open Source
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    Private GPT

     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!

    231 Private GPT alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  15. Devika icon

    Devika

     19 likes

    Devika is an Agentic AI Software Engineer that can understand high-level human instructions, break them down into steps, research relevant information, and write code to achieve the given objective. Devika utilizes large language models, planning and reasoning algorithms, and...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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