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Ollama

Runs language models on your machine with one command.

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Tool that downloads and runs open language models locally, with a compatible API and a simple CLI.

When to use

To use open LLMs locally, with privacy, offline and at no per-use cost.

When to avoid

If your hardware is weak or you need the quality of the largest frontier models.

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