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Lobe Chat vs Ollama

Comparing two open source alternatives to ChatGPT and Deepseek and Claude . Use the comparison below to decide which one fits your needs.

Lobe Chat

Lobe Chat

🤯 Lobe Chat - an open-source, modern design AI chat framework. Supports multiple AI providers (OpenAI / Claude 4 / Gemini / DeepSeek / Ollama / Qwen), Knowledge Base (file upload / RAG ), one click install MCP Marketplace and Artifacts / Thinking. One-click FREE deployment of your private AI Agent application.

Ollama

Ollama

MIT

Get up and running with Llama 3.3, DeepSeek-R1, Phi-4, Gemma 3, Mistral Small 3.1 and other large language models.

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Lobe Chat Lobe Chat
Ollama Ollama
License MIT
Self-hostable Yes Yes
GitHub Stars 79,113 174,917
Forks 15,487 16,727
Open Issues 489 3,496
Last Commit Jun 26, 2026 Jun 26, 2026
First Released May 21, 2023 Jun 26, 2023
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