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Ollama vs Onyx

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

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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Onyx

Onyx

Onyx is an open-source AI chat and enterprise search platform with RAG that works with every LLM. Bring your own model, connect your tools, and unify all your team's knowledge.

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Side-by-side comparison

OllamaOllama
OnyxOnyx
LicenseMIT—
Self-hostableYesYes
GitHub Stars182,05732,296
Forks18,0854,516
Open Issues4,147509
Last CommitOct 2, 2026Sep 30, 2026
First ReleasedJun 26, 2023Apr 27, 2023
Categories
AI Chat
AI ChatKnowledge Management ToolsSearch Tools
Tags
#DeepSeek
#ai#chatbot#LLM#rag#search engine

GitHub stars over time

GitHub stars over time
Ollama182,057
Onyx

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