Ollama

Ollama and contributors · Desktop chat, CLI and local API for running and managing supported AI models, with model-specific hardware requirements and optional cloud services.

CaskAI ToolsAuto-updatesApple silicon · Intel
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30-day installs5,656#38 in App
1-year installs86.3KLast 365 days
Latest version0.40.23 days ago · Oct 8
Download size206MBarm64 / x86_64 · zip
Release cadenceWeekly9 releases in 30 days
  1. 0.40.2

    LatestPatchOct 8 · Thu

    OpenNavo editorialAdded to Homebrew Oct 9 04:37

    Earlier-version models upgrade in the background on first run, with originals retained as temporary downgrade backups. The release also changes how two CLI commands handle upgraded models and context length.

    Models
    Earlier-version models upgrade in the background on first run.Originals remain temporarily as downgrade backups.Removing backups requires jq; downgrading below 0.40 then requires re-pulling.
    CLI
    ollama list no longer duplicates upgraded models.ollama launch claude uses the model's full context length.
  2. 0.40.1

    PatchOct 7 · Wed

    OpenNavo editorialAdded to Homebrew Oct 8 05:36

    This release updates cloud API proxying, CLI onboarding, and Windows handling, fixes documentation links, and removes an MLX patch that is now upstream.

    Server
    Proxy cloud usage and balance APIs.
    Updates
    Remove the account step from CLI onboarding.Avoid symlinks for manifests on Windows.Fix clef head reads past 2 GiB on Windows.
    Other
    Fix broken links in the README and app README.Drop the carried MLX Metal residency patch now upstream.
  3. 0.40.0

    Oct 7 · Wed

    OpenNavo editorialAdded to Homebrew Oct 6 19:25

    Automatically runs supported model architectures on MLX on Apple Silicon, including decision models and embeddinggemma-2.

    MLX
    Default supported Apple Silicon model architectures to the MLX runtime.Support Nimble, Tev1, Clef and Clef Flash decision models on MLX.Add embeddinggemma-2 embedding-model support to MLX.

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