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Gollama

Gollama is a Go-based terminal tool for managing Ollama models on macOS and Linux. It presents model listings and metadata in an interactive interface, with controls to inspect, sort, filter, edit, run, unload, copy, delete and push models. It also offers command-line options for listing, searching, editing Modelfiles and unloading running models.

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Practical overview

When it fits

Use Gollama when you want a terminal-centered way to manage an Ollama model collection, especially for inspecting or cleaning up models and invoking routine model actions.

Who it is for

  • People who manage Ollama models from macOS or Linux terminals.
  • Users who want to sort, inspect or clean up a local Ollama model collection.
  • Developers who need keyboard-driven access to model operations and Modelfile editing.

Documented uses

  • Review model metadata, including size, quantisation, family and modification date.
  • Find models using sorting, filtering or command-line search.
  • Run, unload, copy, delete, edit or push models.
  • Estimate approximate VRAM use with adjustable context and quantisation inputs.
Before you choose

Requirements & limits

The project is open source under the MIT license. The README documents macOS and Linux support.

  • Gollama manages models through an Ollama API; it is not itself the model-serving runtime.
  • The API host can be configured, and the documented local shortcut is http://localhost:11434.
  • Model renaming is marked as work in progress in the README.
  • The README says development has slowed; consider that context when evaluating maintenance needs.
  • VRAM output is described as approximate.

Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.

Source-based practical guide

Install Gollama with Go

Install the Gollama command-line tool using the documented Go installation method.

Before you start

  • A macOS or Linux environment.
  • Go installation available, with its bin directory on PATH to run the gollama command.

Steps

  1. Run the command below.

    Documented command
    go install github.com/sammcj/gollama/v2@latest

  2. If the command is not found, add $HOME/go/bin to PATH in your shell configuration, as shown in the README.

  3. Run gollama to open the interface.

Expected outcome

Gollama is installed and can be launched from the terminal.

Guide limitations

  • This guide covers installation and launch only; using model operations requires an Ollama API host.
  • The README notes that the curl installer is harder to update and does not recommend that method.
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