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OllamaSwama
Freemium

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

 Free

Free, with source published on GitHub.

Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line macOS
  • 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
  • Native Swift implementation on MLX
  • Supports text, vision, embedding, speech recognition and speech synthesis models
  • 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
  • Apple Silicon Macs only
  • Smaller project than established model runners
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: MIT License not stated
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked September 20, 2026

Checked October 1, 2026

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