Ollama vs ChromaDB

FeatureOllamaChromaDB
CategoryLocal AI InfrastructureData Tools
PricingFree (open-source)Free (open-source)
GitHub Stars120,00016,000
PlatformsmacOS, Linux, WindowsLinux, macOS, Windows, Docker
Features
  • ✓ One-command setup
  • ✓ API server
  • ✓ GPU acceleration
  • ✓ Model library
  • ✓ Modelfile
  • ✓ OpenAI-compatible API
  • ✓ Vector search
  • ✓ Embeddings
  • ✓ Python/JS SDK
  • ✓ Simple API
  • ✓ Local + cloud
Tags
open-sourcelocalllminferenceprivacygpu
vector-dbembeddingsragopen-source