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Ollama vs gpu-hot
Ollama has 181,161 GitHub stars, 17,917 forks, 3,957 open issues and last shipped yesterday. gpu-hot has 1,636 stars, 83 forks, 8 open issues and last shipped 24 days ago. Ollama leads on adoption by 10,973% (181,161 vs 1,636 stars). Ollama is written in Go under MIT; gpu-hot is written in JavaScript under MIT. Ollama has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, gpu-hot 5%. Ollama was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (llm), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| Ollama | gpu-hot | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 181K | ★ 1.6K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | Go | JavaScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-08-25 |
| Forks | ⑂ 18K | ⑂ 83 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Ollama if
- You weight community size — 181K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick gpu-hot if
- You want the gpu-hot feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You evaluated both and gpu-hot fits your workflow better
About Ollama
Ollama is a Go based, MIT licensed runtime that downloads and runs open source large language models such as DeepSeek, Qwen, Gemma, GLM, MiniMax and gpt oss locally on a user's own machine, and it is aimed at developers and teams that want model inference without routing prompts through a hosted API.
read the full Ollama overview →
About gpu-hot
gpu hot is a self hosted, real time NVIDIA GPU monitoring dashboard that ships as a Docker image and serves a live browser UI on port 1312 for a single machine or an entire cluster of GPU servers.
read the full gpu-hot overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Ollama or gpu-hot more popular?
Ollama has 181,161 GitHub stars and gpu-hot has 1,636. Ollama has the larger community by that measure.
Are Ollama and gpu-hot free?
Both are open source. Ollama is licensed under MIT and gpu-hot under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Ollama and gpu-hot?
Ollama is written in Go and gpu-hot in JavaScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Ollama or gpu-hot?
Choose Ollama if you want the larger community (181,161 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose gpu-hot if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.