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LocalAI vs Ollama
Compare adoption, momentum, maintenance health, and project basics before choosing which tool to evaluate deeper.
LocalAI
LocalAI is the open-source AI engine. Run any model - LLMs, vision, voice, image, video - on any hardware. No GPU required.
46.2K
Stars
+130
Weekly
91/100
Health
Ollama
Get up and running with Kimi-K2.5, GLM-5, MiniMax, DeepSeek, gpt-oss, Qwen, Gemma and other models.
171.2K
Stars
+450
Weekly
95/100
Health
Quick Take
Adoption
Ollama has the larger GitHub footprint with 171.2K stars.
Momentum
Ollama is currently growing faster at +450 stars this week.
Maintenance
Ollama has the stronger health score at 95/100.
Side-by-side Metrics
| Signal | LocalAI | Ollama |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 46.2K | 171.2K |
| Weekly growth | +130 | +450 |
| Health score | 91 | 95 |
| Contributors | 197 | 600 |
| Commits per week | 60.5 | 24.5 |
| Open issues | 161 | 3.2K |
| Language | Go | Go |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Last commit | 16h ago | 15h ago |
| Last release | v4.2.1 | v0.23.2 |
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