Ollama vs Anthropic MCP

FeatureOllamaAnthropic MCP
CategoryLocal AI InfrastructureAI Development
PricingFree (open-source)Free (open standard)
GitHub Stars120,00045,000
PlatformsmacOS, Linux, WindowsmacOS, Linux, Windows
Features
  • ✓ One-command setup
  • ✓ API server
  • ✓ GPU acceleration
  • ✓ Model library
  • ✓ Modelfile
  • ✓ OpenAI-compatible API
  • ✓ Universal tool protocol
  • ✓ Server/client architecture
  • ✓ Stdio and SSE transport
  • ✓ TypeScript + Python SDKs
  • ✓ Growing ecosystem
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open-sourceprotocoltoolsintegrationstandard