Ollama AlternativesOnly apps categorised as AI Chatbots

The best AI Chatbot alternative to Ollama is DeepSeek, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Ollama and many of them are AI Chatbots so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting AI Chatbot alternatives to Ollama are Jan.ai, AnythingLLM, LM Studio and Alpaca - Ollama Client.

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  1. DeepSeek icon

    DeepSeek

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    DeepSeek is an advanced AI designed to assist with answering questions, solving problems, and providing insights through natural, conversational interactions.

    135 DeepSeek alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Open Source

    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
  2. Jan.ai icon

    Jan.ai

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

    167 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 CustomizableOllama is not according to our users
  4. AnythingLLM icon

    AnythingLLM

     40 likes
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    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!.

    152 AnythingLLM alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    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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    Google Gemma

     24 likes
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    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

    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
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    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!

    227 Private GPT alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  14. Nectar GPT icon

    Nectar GPT

     16 likes
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    An experimental open-source attempt to make GPT-4 fully autonomous.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
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  15. Auto-GPT

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    Auto-GPT is an experimental open-source application showcasing the capabilities of the GPT-4 language model. This program, driven by GPT-4, chains together LLM "thoughts", to autonomously achieve whatever goal you set.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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