Ollama

Ollama is a tool that allows you to run open-weight AI models on your computer for free. It is popular as a local AI introductory tool.

It is a free tool that allows you to download and run open-weight AI models on your personal computer with simple commands. It has become an introductory tool for local AI by allowing open models such as Llama and Qwen to run locally without complicated settings.

It is suitable for developers who do not want to send data to an external server, users who want to use AI without the Internet, and learners who want to experiment with open models.

Execution performance depends entirely on the specifications of your computer, and higher-performance models require ample memory and graphics performance.

✅ Strengths

• It's free and installation and model execution is as simple as a single command line
• Data never leaves yits computer, which is advantageous for security and privacy
• You can easily experiment with various public models

⚠️ Limits

• If yits computer specifications are low, you can only run small models
• Models run locally often have lower performance than the latest commercial services
• The basics are command-based, so they may be unfamiliar to non-developers