Ollama

📖 What is Ollama?

Ollama is an open-source application that allows developers to run, manage, and query large language models (Llama 3, DeepSeek, Mistral) locally on their computers.

💡 Why It Matters

Ollama made running local open-weights LLMs effortless, providing a simple Docker-like CLI command (`ollama run llama3`).

🎯 Workplace Use Cases

• Running 100% private, offline LLM inference on local Mac/PC hardware
• Connecting local LLMs to VS Code extensions (Continue, Cursor) for air-gapped coding
• Testing open-source model weights locally before cloud deployment

🚀 How to Use It

Download Ollama, open your terminal, run `ollama run llama3`, and chat locally.

✨ Key Features

• Simple terminal CLI for model downloading and execution
• Built-in local REST API compatible with OpenAI endpoint format
• Supports Llama 3, DeepSeek-R1, Mistral, Gemma, and Phi

💳 Pricing & Plans

Free Tier: 100% free and open-source tool (MIT License).