How to install ollama

Ollama is runtime for pulling and serving language models on a local machine. The project is developed in the open and released under its own licence.

About the project

Ollama is runtime for pulling and serving language models on a local machine. The maintainers own the project, choose releases, and publish their own documentation. This page records a few things worth knowing before you begin.

The project is run by its own contributors rather than by a company. Release cadence, supported platforms and documentation are all decided by the team behind it.

Typical distribution routes

Projects of this kind are usually reached through the operating system's package index, through a language-specific registry, or by building the published source tree. Which route applies depends on the platform and on the maintainers' own guidance.

Platform requirements

Confirm the platform is supported by the current release. Tooling in this space moves quickly, and an older system often falls outside the supported range.

Checking the result

Most surprises here come down to path ordering or to two copies being present at once. Checking which one resolves first usually explains the difference.

About these pages

Nothing is published from this domain beyond text. Projects stay where their maintainers put them.