Ollama alternatives
The other Open & local AI people actually use, ranked by how many my9ai cards include each one. Every entry says what it does, with a link to try it.
- 1
LM Studio on 2% of cards
Desktop app for downloading and chatting with local models.
- 2
Open WebUI not picked yet
Self-hosted chat interface for local and API models.
- 3
SillyTavern not picked yet
Open-source front end for character chat and role-play with any model.
- 4
Hugging Face not picked yet
The hub where open models, datasets and demos are shared.
- 5
OpenRouter not picked yet
One API and chat app for hundreds of models from many providers.
- 6
- 7
Cerebras not picked yet
Wafer-scale chips serving models at very high speed.
- 8
Replicate not picked yet
Run open models in the cloud through a simple API.
Do people switch from Ollama, or use both?
Not enough cards yet to tell which of these people use together with Ollama.
What is the best alternative to Ollama?
Among my9ai cards, the Open & local AI picked most besides Ollama are LM Studio, Open WebUI, and SillyTavern. Which one fits depends on what you use Ollama for; each entry above says what it does.
How is this list made?
We take the other Open & local products in the my9ai catalog and rank them by how many cards include them; while there is little data, the most widely used come first. It reflects people who made a my9ai card, not a survey of every user.
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