# KoboldCpp vs Ollama (slim)

> KoboldCpp scores 60.5 (C) on agent readiness against Ollama's 56.3 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Ollama leads on schema & documentation, agent ergonomics and transparency & trust. Both do local inference. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by…

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KoboldCpp scores 60.5 (C) on agent readiness against Ollama's 56.3 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Ollama leads on schema & documentation, agent ergonomics and transparency & trust. Both do local inference.

- KoboldCpp: C 60.5, rank #462 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/koboldcpp.min.md
- Ollama: C 56.3, rank #570 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ollama.min.md
- KoboldCpp, good for An owner who wants text, image, speech and music models behind one executable with a writing and roleplay interface, and clients that speak the KoboldAI, OpenAI, Ollama or Anthropic formats. Ahead on Reliability, 68 against 53; Security & auth, 38 against 28. Also No incidents deducted, where Ollama loses 4 points for them.
- Ollama, good for A person or an agent that wants an open model behind a local API with one install, and for pointing Claude Code, Codex or OpenCode at local or cloud models. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 79 against 68; Agent ergonomics, 75 against 63; Transparency & trust, 59 against 49.

| Category | KoboldCpp | Ollama |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 68 | 53 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 68 | 79 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 63 | 75 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 38 | 28 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 82 | 81 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 49 | 59 |

| Fact (where they differ) | KoboldCpp | Ollama |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | LostRuins (Concedo) | Ollama Inc. |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 for KoboldCpp and KoboldAI Lite. The bundled GGML, llama.cpp and stable-diffusion.cpp code stays under MIT | MIT (server, CLI and desktop app). Ollama Cloud is a closed service under the ollama.com terms, and each model carries its own licence |
| Last release | 2026-09-27 | 2026-10-01 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-05-01 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-03-01 |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | yes |
| Popularity | 12k stars | 181k stars, 872k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 2.5/5 (2) |