Ollama gained traction by being the first easy llama.cpp wrapper, then spent years dodging attribution, misleading users, and pivoting to cloud, all while riding VC money earned on someone else's engine. Here's the full history, and why the alternatives are better.

Build an AI Agent from Libraries of Functions -- My most advanced agent framework - MikeyBeez/Ollama_Agents

Local Deep Research achieves ~95% on SimpleQA benchmark (tested with GPT-4.1-mini). Supports local and cloud LLMs (Ollama, Google, Anthropic, ...). Searches 10+ sources - arXiv, PubMed, web, and your private documents. Everything Local & Encrypted. - LearningCircuit/local-deep-research

Ollama is now compatible with the Anthropic Messages API, making it possible to use tools like Claude Code with open models.

GLM-4.6 and Qwen3-coder-480B are available on Ollama’s cloud service with easy integrations to the tools you are familiar with. Qwen3-Coder-30B has been updated for faster, more reliable tool calling in Ollama’s new engine.