Ollama is presented as a one-time-download engine for running AI models locally on laptops (Mac, Windows, Linux). The author emphasizes it is free and requires no account, and compares it to "Spotify for AI models": users choose a model and it simply runs on their machine.
Ollama is an engine that runs AI models locally on a laptop and only needs to be downloaded once.
Step 1: Install Ollama.
This is the engine that runs AI models on your laptop.
You download it once. Works on Mac, Windows, and Linux. Free. No account needed.
It's called Ollama. Think of it as Spotify for AI models. You pick a model and it just runs.