Is Ollama Still Maintained? Live GitHub Status
Ollama is a tool for downloading and running large language models locally through a simple command line and API.
Short answer: Yes, it is actively maintained. Health score 97/100. Checked 18 Oct 2026.
What the numbers say
Ollama’s main branch received 372 commits in the last 91 days, against 265 in the same 91 days a year earlier (+40%). Activity is at least half of last year’s pace and no maintenance notice was found, so the index labels it active. It has 183,742 stars on GitHub.
Ollama usage: downloads and installs
ollama/ollamaollamaDownload and pull counts include automated installs from CI pipelines, containers and mirrors, so they show how widely the software is pulled, not how many people use it. Docker Hub reports an all-time total. Numbers from different registries are not comparable with each other. Sources: Docker Hub, Homebrew analytics, read 18 Oct 2026, 15:55 UTC.
Ollama security practices and adoption
Latest release
GitHub: files attached to the latest release and how often they were downloaded
- Versionv0.40.6
- Published16 Oct 2026
- Downloads of its 17 files479,571
- Contributors447
Scorecard checks security practices such as code review, branch protection and pinned dependencies; it does not find bugs, and a low score does not mean the software is unsafe. Dependents and download counts show reach, not quality. Sources: GitHub, read 18 Oct 2026, 16:32 UTC.
Health score breakdown
| Part | Points | Based on |
|---|---|---|
| Activity | 32.4 / 35 | 372 commits in the last 91 days (full marks at 600) |
| Trend | 20.0 / 20 | 140% of last year’s pace (full marks at 100%) |
| Recency | 15.0 / 15 | last commit 0 days ago |
| Releases | 10.0 / 10 | latest GitHub release 2 days ago |
| Community | 19.9 / 20 | 288 pull requests merged in the last 91 days (full marks at 300) |
Open issues and pull requests: 4,338. The score summarises maintenance signals only, not quality or security. How the score works
Ollama: common questions
Is Ollama still maintained?
Yes. As of 18 October 2026, Ollama received 372 commits in the last 91 days and its latest commit is from 18 October 2026, and no maintenance notice was found. Its health score is 97 out of 100.
What is the latest Ollama release?
The latest GitHub release of Ollama is v0.40.6, published on 16 October 2026.
How many people contribute to Ollama?
GitHub lists 447 contributors for Ollama. 288 pull requests were merged in the last 91 days.
What licence does Ollama use?
GitHub identifies the Ollama licence as MIT. Read the licence file before commercial use.
How is the health score calculated?
It adds five parts from public GitHub data: commit activity over 91 days (35 points), the trend against the same period last year (20), how recent the last commit is (15), how recent the last release is (10) and merged pull requests (20). Archived projects score 0; a maintenance notice caps the score at 25. It measures maintenance signals only, not code quality or security.
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Daily snapshots
| Date (UTC) | Stars | Commits, last 91 days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Oct 2026 | 183,634 | 371 | Active |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 183,498 | 368 | Active |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 183,324 | 369 | Active |
One snapshot is stored per day, starting 16 October 2026. No status change has been recorded for Ollama since then.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| TGI (Hugging Face) | Archived | 10.9k | 0 | −100% |
| LMDeploy | Active | 8.1k | 148 | −5% |
| MLX-LM | Active | 7.4k | 134 | +6% |
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How this is measured: commits on the repository’s default branch counted through the GitHub API, the last 91 days against the same 91 days a year earlier; archived flag and licence from the repository; README checked daily for maintenance notices. Commit counts measure activity, not quality, and we have not tested this tool ourselves for this page.