Swama vs Ollama: catalog facts
 Swama |  Ollama |
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Free Free, with source published on GitHub. |
Freemium Running models locally is free. The optional hosted cloud inference starts at $20 a month. |
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macOS |
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line |
- Native Swift implementation on MLX
- Supports text, vision, embedding, speech recognition and speech synthesis models
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- 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
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- Apple Silicon Macs only
- Smaller project than established model runners
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- 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
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Downloadable app |
Downloadable app |
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Open source |
Open source |
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License not stated |
License: MIT |
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No account needed |
No account needed |
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Works offline |
Works offline |
Checked October 1, 2026 | Checked September 20, 2026 |
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