Stop Using Ollama

Article

• Post argues Ollama obscures its llama.cpp dependency, misleading users
• Criticizes Ollama’s MIT license compliance and attribution practices
• Suggests using llama.cpp directly for more control and transparency

Discussion

• Many users switched away already: llama.cpp now has UI, MCP, hot-swap
• Counter: Ollama’s UX is vastly superior; llama.cpp is developer-unfriendly
• Ollama compared to Docker/VMware — wrapping OSS without full credit is common
• Quip: “walling themselves in” since the garden isn’t theirs to wall

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