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OllamaGPT4All
Freemium

Running models locally is free. The optional hosted cloud inference starts at $20 a month.

 Free

Free and open source under the MIT licence, including for commercial use.

Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line Windows, macOS, Linux
  • One command to download and run a model, with no Python environment to build first
  • A REST API on localhost, so editors, scripts and agents can use the local model
  • LocalDocs answers questions from your own files, entirely on your machine
  • Runs on CPU; no API calls and no GPU required
  • Model quality is bounded by your hardware; large models need a lot of VRAM or unified memory
  • The company now also sells cloud inference, so read carefully which mode you are in
  • The latest release, 3.10.0, dates from February 2025
  • Nomic’s website now foregrounds a separate commercial platform rather than GPT4All
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: MIT License: MIT
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked September 20, 2026

Checked September 20, 2026

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