Ollama by jmorganca

Get up and running with Kimi-K2.5, GLM-5, MiniMax, DeepSeek, gpt-oss, Qwen, Gemma and other models.

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Verdict 76/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 3/5 setup difficulty Last release 4 days ago

Self-host Ollama on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
76 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
3 /5
External DB / setup
GitHub stars
171k
16k forks

About Ollama

From the project's README at github.com/jmorganca/ollama. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

The official Ollama Docker image is available on Docker Hub. Libraries ollama-python ollama-js Community Discord 𝕏 (Twitter) Reddit Get started

You'll be prompted to run a model or connect Ollama to your existing agents or applications such as , , , , , and more. Coding

Supported integrations include Claude Code, Codex, [Copilot CL

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
96
maturity
91
community
82
security
85
sustainability
53
adoption
45

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 171k github.com/jmorganca/ollama
GitHub forks 16k github.com/jmorganca/ollama

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age2.9 yearssince Jun 2023
Last commit2 days agoMay 5, 2026
Releases shipped211last: 4 days ago
Security policySECURITY.mddeclared by maintainers

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

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Ready to self-host Ollama?

Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.

Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.

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