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$ Discover the best projects built with Ollama
What is Ollama?
Ollama runs large language models locally with a simple API for private AI apps. This gallery lists 1,359 open-source projects built with Ollama, most of them in AI & ML, DevTools and Docs, ranked by GitHub stars so the most-adopted repositories come first.
How projects are selected
Projects are public GitHub repositories found with the GitHub search query “topic:ollama” and at least 20 stars. Each repository is checked against Ollama’s languages and ecosystem before it is categorized, and stars, forks and last-commit dates come straight from the GitHub API, refreshed daily (current snapshot: October 6, 2026). Nothing here is paid placement.
Ollama projects: FAQ
- How many open-source Ollama projects are listed?
- 1,359 open-source projects built with Ollama are listed, sourced from public GitHub repositories as of October 6, 2026.
- What is the most-starred Ollama project on GitHub?
- open-webui leads with 151,673 GitHub stars (151.7k), followed by NextChat with 88,746.
- What kinds of projects are built with Ollama?
- The largest category is AI & ML, with 1,262 projects (93% of the gallery), followed by DevTools with 82. Projects span 10 categories in total.
- Which license do most Ollama projects use?
- MIT is the most common license, used by 660 of 1,359 projects (49%); Apache-2.0 is next with 211. 331 projects declare no recognized license.
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