Ollama

Ollama is a platform that enables users to run large language models (LLMs) locally on their machines. It simplifies managing open-source LLMs by packaging model weights, configuration, and runtime into a single bundle. Supports REST APIs, Python, and JavaScript SDKs. Models include Llama, Gemma, Qwen, DeepSeek, and more. It requires CPU and system RAM, with GPU acceleration via NVIDIA CUDA or experimental AMD ROCm for optimal performance.

What’s new

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Version 0.32.6 Released 2026-08-04

## What's Changed
- Qwen3.5 is faster on Apple GPUs: the MLX engine now uses the model's MTP head for speculative decoding automatically
- `/v1/chat/completions` streaming now matches OpenAI's wire format: `role` only on the first chunk, `finish_reason` on its own chunk,
and usage in a separate chunk with `stream_options.include_usage`.
- Truncated OpenAI responses now report `finish_reason: "length"` instead of `"tool_calls"`.
- `ollama run kimi-k3` now offers `kimi-k3:cloud` for cloud-only models that publish no default tag, instead of failing.
- TUI fixes: pipe-delimited prose no longer renders as a table, Enter accepts the highlighted `@` file completion, and `/prompt`
scrolling is no longer laggy.
- Experimental image generation has been temporarily removed. Continue using 0.32.5 for image generation support
- Updated the MLX and llama.cpp engines.

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/compare/v0.32.5...v0.32.6-rc0

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Install with one command

Prefer a package manager? Paste this into Windows Terminal:

scoop scoop install ollama

choco choco install Ollama -y

Platforms: Linux, macOS, Windows

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Platforms	Linux, macOS, Windows	Windows	Windows	Windows
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Which platforms does Ollama support?

Ollama is available for Linux, macOS and Windows.

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Who develops Ollama?

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