https://samarthya.me/tags/experiment/Recent content in Experiment on SamarthyaHugo -- gohugo.ioen© Samarthya 2018-2026. All rights reserved.Wed, 04 Nov 2026 21:21:17 -0500https://samarthya.me/posts/ollama-vs-colibri-beginners-guide/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 21:21:17 -0500https://samarthya.me/posts/ollama-vs-colibri-beginners-guide/<div class="lead text-neutral-500 dark:text-neutral-400 !mb-9 text-xl"> A Fuji and a Granny Smith are both apples, and you would still not bake with the one you snack on. Ollama and Colibri both run AI models on your own machine, but they were bred for different jobs. </div> <figure><img class="my-0 rounded-md" loading="lazy" decoding="async" fetchpriority="low" alt="An anime orchard keeper holds up a glossy red apple in one hand and a crisp green apple in the other, looking unsure which to choose" src="https://samarthya.me/posts/ollama-vs-colibri-beginners-guide/overview.svg" ><figcaption>Both apples. Not the same apple.</figcaption></figure> <p>I have used <a href="https://samarthya.me/posts/ollama-revolutionizing-language-models/" >Ollama</a> for a while, and even <a href="https://samarthya.me/posts/building-a-minimal-langchain-ollama-demo/" >built a small demo on it</a>. Colibri is new to me: I installed it this week. So this is a comparison by someone who knows one tool well and is a beginner at the other, which is probably where you are too.</p>