Ollama
Local LLM runner — pull and run Llama, Qwen, Mistral, DeepSeek, and other open models with one command.
Ollama is a local LLM runner — pull and run Llama, Qwen, Mistral, DeepSeek, and other open models with one command.
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Concepts you should know
- DeepSeek R1
DeepSeek's open-weights reasoning model released January 2025. First open model to match OpenAI o1-level reasoning benchmarks. Disrupted the assumption that frontier capabilities require proprietary checkpoints.
- Quantization formats
Different schemes for compressing LLM weights below full FP16 precision. GGUF (llama.cpp), AWQ, GPTQ, FP8, EXL2 are the common ones in 2026. Each trades quality for size and inference speed differently.
Frequently asked questions
- What is Ollama?
- Ollama is a local LLM runner — pull and run Llama, Qwen, Mistral, DeepSeek, and other open models with one command.
- Is Ollama free?
- Ollama is free to use. There is no paid tier as of the last index update.
- What platforms does Ollama support?
- Ollama runs on mac, win, linux, cli.
- What category does Ollama belong to?
- Ollama is in the AI Chatbots & Assistants category — Custom GPTs, Claude apps, niche assistants — chat interfaces aimed at a specific user, topic, or workflow.