Ollama AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Large Language Model (LLM) Tools

The best Large Language Model (LLM) 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 Large Language Model (LLM) Tools so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Large Language Model (LLM) Tool alternatives to Ollama are Jan.ai, AnythingLLM, Alpaca - Ollama Client and LM Studio.

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  1. DeepSeek icon
     109 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...

    171 DeepSeek alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

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

    Open-source offline AI platform supports local LLMs including Llama, Gemma, Qwen, GPT-oss, integrates cloud services like OpenAI and Anthropic, enables custom assistant creation, offers OpenAI-compatible API on localhost, operates across diverse hardware and ensures privacy.

    210 Jan.ai alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
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    Jan.ai vs Ollama Comments
    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.

    • 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. AnythingLLM icon
     43 likes

    Open-source privacy-focused chatbot platform allowing unlimited document uploads, multi-user and single-user modes, AI-powered chat with documents, vector database and LLM compatibility, customizable interface, message history, secure desktop deployment, and full user controls.

    185 AnythingLLM alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  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!

    Cost / License

    Platforms

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • PyTorch
     
  6. AgentGPT icon
     19 likes

    AgentGPT allows you to configure and deploy Autonomous AI agents. Name your own custom AI and have it embark on any goal imaginable. It will attempt to reach the goal by thinking of tasks to do, executing them, and learning from the results.

    96 AgentGPT alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7.  15 likes

    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.

    50 Auto-GPT alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. LocalAI  icon
     10 likes

    Drop-In OpenAI replacement, On-device, local-first, Generate text/image/speech/music/etc... Backend Agnostic: (llama.cpp, diffusers, bark.cpp, etc...), Optional Distributed Inference(P2P/Federated).

    58 LocalAI alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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