Ollama
Official Python client for running and interacting with local language models via Ollama.
Model SDKs PyPI
Used in agent projects
30
0.2% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in model sdks
#12 of 15
by use in those projects
Downloads
3M
PyPI, last 7 days, ollama
GitHub stars
10.6K
last push Sep 29, 2026
How Ollama is used
Ollama is a dependency in 30 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.2%), #12 of 15 in model sdks. The most used alternative there is OpenAI. Projects that use it most often also use python-dotenv (80.0%), Pydantic (70.0%), Requests (63.3%).
Often used with Ollama
| python-dotenv | 80.0% of Ollama projects · 12.3× more than average |
|---|---|
| Pydantic | 70.0% of Ollama projects · 13.7× more than average |
| Requests | 63.3% of Ollama projects · 11.9× more than average |
| NumPy | 56.7% of Ollama projects · 14.8× more than average |
| Model Context Protocol SDK (Python) | 53.3% of Ollama projects · 14.0× more than average |
| psutil | 53.3% of Ollama projects · 47.0× more than average |
| FastAPI | 50.0% of Ollama projects · 11.8× more than average |
| OpenAI Python Library | 50.0% of Ollama projects · 26.0× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.5% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 0.5% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 0.4% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Ollama as a dependency.
Install
| Package | pip install ollama |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (29), Next.js (1) |
| Example projects | timowhite88/Farnsworth, Who-Visions/NouGenShards |
Alternatives to Ollama
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI npm Official TypeScript SDK for accessing OpenAI APIs including GPT and embeddings. |
362 (2.9%) | 43.2M | 11.2K | Apache-2.0 |
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| Google Generative AI npm Official SDK for Google Gemini API to build AI-powered applications. |
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| OpenAI Python Library pypi Official Python SDK to call OpenAI APIs including GPT models and embeddings. |
244 (1.9%) | 75.1M | 31.8K | — |
| Anthropic SDK npm Official TypeScript SDK for calling Claude API and building agent applications. |
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| Anthropic Python SDK pypi Official Python library for calling Claude via the Anthropic API. |
115 (0.9%) | 40.9M | 3,954 | MIT |
| Google GenAI Python SDK pypi Official Python SDK for Google's generative AI models including Gemini. |
111 (0.9%) | 34.1M | 4,013 | — |
| Hugging Face Hub pypi Python client library for downloading and publishing models and datasets on Hugging Face. |
59 (0.5%) | 60M | 3,974 | Apache-2.0 |