Ollama Alternatives

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 large language model (llm) tool in the ai tools & services category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Ollama for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Web-based and Android apps. The best Ollama alternative is Jan.ai, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Ollama are Ensu, 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. BrainSoup icon

    BrainSoup

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    BrainSoup is an ingenious, modular AI platform that empowers you to build autonomous assistants for any task, all while ensuring your data remains private on your local device. Explore BrainSoup's endless possibilities and join the community.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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    Shinkai

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    Shinkai is a two click install App that allows you to create Local AI agents in 5 minutes or less using a simple UI. Supports: MCPs, Remote and Local AI, Crypto and Payments.

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    • Windows
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  4. NexaSDK icon

    NexaSDK

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    Run frontier LLMs and VLMs with day-0 model support across GPU, NPU, and CPU, with comprehensive runtime coverage for PC (Python/C++), mobile (Android & iOS), and Linux/IoT (Arm64 & x86 Docker). Supporting OpenAI GPT-OSS, IBM Granite-4, Qwen-3-VL, Gemma-3n, Ministral-3, and more.

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    Synthflow AI

    Empower any business with no-code AI voice assistants, enabling seamless outbound/inbound calls and appointments. Personalize user experiences with conversational AI while ensuring top-notch privacy and security across diverse ap...

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    LocalGPT

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    A local device focused AI assistant built in Rust — persistent memory, autonomous tasks, ~27MB binary. Inspired by and compatible with OpenClaw.

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    • Rust
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • BSD
    • Docker
    • Node.JS
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  7. Jellybox icon

    Jellybox

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    Run AI models locally and entirely offline.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  9. AgentRunner.ai icon

    AgentRunner.ai

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    Create autonomous agents: Each agent has a unique personality and can accumulate its own memories

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  10. BaseChat icon

    BaseChat

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    A minimal SwiftUI chat app for BaseRT.

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    • Mac
    • Global
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  11. Noema icon

    Noema

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    Noema brings large language model intelligence to all your devices, fully offline. Download lightweight models directly from Hugging Face, connect supported remote endpoints, and pair models with curated textbooks and your own PDFs or EPUBs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • visionOS
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    • European Union flagEU
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  12. Ekorbia icon

    Ekorbia

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    Ekorbia is a native desktop Integrated Chat and Productivity Environment for local AI models powered by Ollama. Features include chat history, full-text search, prompt library, model comparison chat mode, chat overlay, ephemeral chat, file watches and more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Chat, attachments with citations, watches, and a prompt library — all running locally on macOS.
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  13. Tencent Hy icon

    Tencent Hy

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    Built end-to-end by Tencent, Hy is a large language model engineered for excellence in content creation, reasoning, code, and conversation. From complex tasks in writing, research, and work, to everyday dialogue, knowledge, and creativity, Hy responds with precision, coherence...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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  14. BlackCortex Lite icon

    BlackCortex Lite

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    BlackCortex Lite is a free, self-hosted AI chat application that runs entirely on your machine. No cloud, no subscriptions, no data leaving your network. Built for home use — launch the exe, open a browser, and everyone on your LAN can use it immediately.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
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    • European Union flagEU
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    Golem-GPT

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    Framework for building actionable agents to achieve goals specified by user, powered by OpenAI GPT-4 and GPT-3.5.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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