Ollama

Ollama lets you run AI models on your own computer. With one command you can download and chat with open models like Llama, Gemma, Qwen, and DeepSeek, with no cloud account and no data leaving your machine.

What you can do with Ollama

• Download and run open AI models locally
• Chat with models in your terminal or the desktop app
• Use a local API to build apps on top of the models
• Connect it to tools like Open WebUI for a ChatGPT style interface
• Run it on Mac, Windows, or Linux

Who it's for

Ollama is great for developers and privacy minded users who want to try AI models without sending data anywhere. You'll want a decent computer for the bigger models.

Pricing

Ollama is free and open source. They also offer paid cloud options for running bigger models.

Alternatives to Ollama

Open WebUI gives Ollama a chat interface. For cloud models, look at Hugging Face Inference Providers.