Ollama
A one-command local runner for open LLMs, built on llama.cpp. Pulls models from a registry and exposes an HTTP API.
API & Serving Beginner
Category
API & Serving
Difficulty
Beginner
When to use
You want to run an open LLM on your laptop or a small server with zero setup — demos, prototypes, offline work.
When not to use
You're serving at production scale with many concurrent users — use vLLM or TGI instead.
Alternatives
llama.cpp LM Studio vLLM GPT4All