Ollama

Run large language models with llama.cpp.

Note: certain models that can be run with this project are intended for research and/or non-commercial use only.

Features

• Download and run popular large language models
• Switch between multiple models on the fly
• Hardware acceleration where available (Metal, CUDA)
• Fast inference server written in Go, powered by llama.cpp
• REST API to use with your application (python, typescript SDKs coming soon)

Install

• Download for macOS
• Download for Windows (coming soon)
• Docker: docker run -p 8080:8080 ollama/ollama

You can also build the binary from source.

Quickstart

Run the model that started it all.

ollama run llama

Example models

💬 Chat

Have a conversation.

ollama run vicuna "Why is the sky blue?"

🗺️ Instructions

Ask questions. Get answers.

ollama run orca "Write an email to my boss."

👩‍💻 Code completion

Sometimes you just need a little help writing code.

ollama run replit "Give me react code to render a button"

📖 Storytelling

Venture into the unknown.

ollama run storyteller "Once upon a time"

Building

make

To run it start the server:

./ollama server &

Finally, run a model!

./ollama run ~/Downloads/vicuna-7b-v1.3.ggmlv3.q4_1.bin

API Reference

POST /completion

Complete a prompt

curl --unix-socket ~/.ollama/ollama.sock http://localhost/api/generate \
    -X POST \
    -d '{"model": "/path/to/model", "prompt": "Once upon a time", "stream": true}'