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Shimmy vs Ollama
Compare adoption, momentum, maintenance health, and project basics before choosing which tool to evaluate deeper.
Shimmy
⚡ Python-free Rust inference server — OpenAI-API compatible. GGUF + SafeTensors, hot model swap, auto-discovery, single binary. FREE now, FREE forever.
4.8K
Stars
0
Weekly
44/100
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 | Shimmy | Ollama |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 4.8K | 171.2K |
| Weekly growth | 0 | +450 |
| Health score | 44 | 95 |
| Contributors | 4 | 600 |
| Commits per week | 0.2 | 24.5 |
| Open issues | 38 | 3.2K |
| Language | Rust | Go |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Last commit | 1mo ago | 15h ago |
| Last release | v1.9.0 | v0.23.2 |
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