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Ollama

Get up and running with Llama 3.3, DeepSeek-R1, Phi-4, Gemma 3, and other large language models.

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Still maintained? Yes: 355 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v0.40.13 (Oct 2026).

Also an alternative to ChatGPT.

Docker #2 of 14 in Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI)

At a glance

Ollama quick facts

Health score
100/100 GOOD
Stars
185,309
Last commit
today (Oct 2026)
Latest release
v0.40.13, Oct 2026
Licence
MIT
View ollama/ollama on GitHub ↗ Website ↗

Top alternatives to Ollama

Full rankings: ChatGPT alternatives

In its own words

The project's README opens: "Start building with open models. Access the latest releases locally or in the cloud with complete privacy."

Why it ranks here

Health score explained

Ollama scores 100/100, #2 of 14 in Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI): 355 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v0.40.13, 2 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 185,309 stars add 20.0 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). It scores full marks on every term.

Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.

Health over time

Health 100 on 11 Sep, 100 nowSteady at 100 since 11 Sep
  • Commit activity 35.0 / 35

    355 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)

  • Release recency 25.0 / 25

    v0.40.13 released 2 days ago

  • Stars 20.0 / 20

    185k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)

  • Not archived 10.0 / 10

    Repository is active

  • Docker support 10.0 / 10

    Docker image or Compose file available

Commit activity

1234 commits over the last 12 months
355
Last 90 days
1,234
Last 12 months
today
Last push

Ranked #2 of 14 tools in Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) by health , between LobeHub (#1) and Open-WebUI (#3) .

Details

LicenceMIT
PlatformsDocker, Python
Latest releasev0.40.13 · 2 days ago
Stars185,309
Open issues2,614
DockerYes
Repositoryollama/ollama ↗
Visit website ↗ Source code ↗

Ollama vs its top 5 alternatives

Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Ollama (Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI)), scored on the same five terms.

Tool Health Stars Licence Last commit
Ollama (this tool) 100 185k MIT today
Open-WebUI 100 157k BSD-3-Clause today
AnythingLLM 99 68k MIT today
LibreChat 99 46k MIT today
LocalAI 99 50k MIT today
LLMKube 90 248 Apache-2.0 yesterday

Ollama: common questions

What does Ollama replace?

Repoly lists Ollama as an open-source alternative to ChatGPT. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Ollama stands against the others.

Is Ollama still maintained?

Ollama had 355 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v0.40.13, is from 2 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.