Ollama vs Instructor

FeatureOllamaInstructor
CategoryLocal AI InfrastructureAI Development
PricingFree (open-source)Free (open-source)
GitHub Stars120,0009,000
PlatformsmacOS, Linux, WindowsLinux, macOS, Windows
Features
  • ✓ One-command setup
  • ✓ API server
  • ✓ GPU acceleration
  • ✓ Model library
  • ✓ Modelfile
  • ✓ OpenAI-compatible API
  • ✓ Structured output
  • ✓ Pydantic models
  • ✓ Retry logic
  • ✓ Streaming
  • ✓ Multi-provider
Tags
open-sourcelocalllminferenceprivacygpu
structured-outputpydanticpythonopen-source