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Ollama vs Grepture
Ollama has 181,161 GitHub stars, 17,917 forks, 3,957 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Grepture has 8 stars, 0 forks, 0 open issues and last shipped 23 days ago. Ollama leads on adoption by 2,264,413% (181,161 vs 8 stars). Ollama is written in Go under MIT; Grepture is written in TypeScript under AGPL-3.0. Ollama has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, Grepture 0%. Ollama was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
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 | Grepture | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 181K | ★ 8 |
| License | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | Go | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-08-26 |
| Forks | ⑂ 18K | ⑂ 0 |
| 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 Grepture if
- You want the Grepture feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and Grepture 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 Grepture
Grepture is a drop in LLM API proxy and TypeScript package that sits between an application and providers such as OpenAI or Anthropic, logging every call while detecting and redacting PII, blocklisting sensitive content, and tokenizing fields before a request reaches the upstream model.
read the full Grepture overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Ollama or Grepture more popular?
Ollama has 181,161 GitHub stars and Grepture has 8. Ollama has the larger community by that measure.
Are Ollama and Grepture free?
Both are open source. Ollama is licensed under MIT and Grepture under AGPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Ollama and Grepture?
Ollama is written in Go and Grepture in TypeScript. 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 Grepture?
Choose Ollama if you want the larger community (181,161 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Grepture if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.