ollama

Install command: 
brew install ollama

Create, run, and share large language models (LLMs)

https://ollama.com/

License: MIT

Development: Pull requests

Formula JSON API: /api/formula/ollama.json

Formula code: ollama.rb on GitHub

Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:

macOS on
Apple Silicon		 golden gate ✅
tahoe ✅
sequoia ✅
Linux ARM64 ✅
x86_64 ✅

Current versions:

stable ✅ 0.40.15
head ⚡️ HEAD

Depends on:

mlx-c 0.8.0 C API for MLX

Depends on when building from source:

ccache 4.14.2 Object-file caching compiler wrapper
cmake 4.4.5 Cross-platform make
go 1.27.3 Open source programming language to build simple/reliable/efficient software

Binaries: ollama

Service:

Start now and at login: brew services start ollama
Run directly: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/ollama/bin/ollama serve

GitHub Packages downloads:

Last 30 days436,720
Downloads5,079,721
Analytics install events (30 days)62,180
Downloads / install events (30 days)7.0×

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Analytics:

30 days90 days365 days
Installs62,028151,465659,481
Installs (--HEAD)1524202,041
Installs on Request61,888151,183658,892
Installs on Request (--HEAD)1524202,039
Build Errors79
Build Errors (--HEAD)12