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simonw 7 days ago

Ollama added a chat UI to their desktop apps a week ago: https://ollama.com/blog/new-app

apitman 7 days ago | parent | next [-]

Their new app is closed source right?

simonw 7 days ago | parent [-]

Huh, yeah it looks like the GUI component is closed source. Their GitHub version only has the CLI.

diggan 7 days ago | parent | next [-]

I think at this point it's fair to say that most of the stuff Ollama does, is closed source. AFAIK, only the CLI is open source, everything else isn't.

conradev 7 days ago | parent [-]

Yeah, and they’re also on a forked llama.cpp

kanestreet 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Yup. They have not even acknowledged the fact that it’s closed, despite a ton of questions. Ppl are downloading it assuming it’s open source only to get a nasty surprise. No mention of it in their blog post announcing the GUI. Plus no new license for it. And no privacy policy. Feels deceptive.

accrual 7 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I have been using the Ollama GUI on Windows since release and appreciated its simplicity. It recently received an update that puts a large "Turbo" button in the message box that links to a sign-in page.

I'm trying Jan now and am really liking it - it feels friendlier than the Ollama GUI.

dcreater 7 days ago | parent [-]

And ollamas founder was on here posting that they are still focused on local inference... I don't see ollama as anything more than a funnel for their subscription now

numpad0 6 days ago | parent [-]

I truly don't understand why it's supposed to be the end of the world. They need to monetize eventually, and simultaneously its userbase desireg good inference. It looks a complete win-win to me. Anyone can fork it in case they actually turn evil once it'd happen.

I mean, it's not like people enjoy lovely smell of cash burning and bias opinions heavily towards it, or is it like that?