Ollama license, foundation and stars
Model serving and local AI · MIT (open source) · backed by Ollama · 181,673 stars
Get up and running with Kimi, GLM, MiniMax, DeepSeek, gpt-oss, Qwen, Gemma and other models.
License history
LICENSE fileMIT No license change recorded since the repository was created in 2023.
Latest release
v0.34.4 published Sep 23, 2026
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About and history
- Repository
- ollama/ollama · created Jun 26, 2023
- Website
- ollama.com
- Language
- Go
- Foundation
- None; run by Ollama
- Company
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- GitHub detects
- MIT
- Stars per week
- 588 (OSS Insight weekly star history, Aug 31 to Sep 21, 2026)
Weekly snapshots
| Week of | Stars | |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2026 | 181,673 |
Changes
| What changed | |
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| Sep 24, 2026 | TrackedAdded: ollama/ollama |