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So...with all this openclaw stuff, I was wondering, what's the FOSS status for something to run locally? Can I get my own locally run agent to which I can ask to perform simple tasks (go and find this, download that, summarize an article) or things like this? I'm just kinda curious about all of this.

Thanks!

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[–] cideyav138@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Ollama is a VC-backed copy/paste of llama.cpp.

They have a history of using llama.cpp's code (and bugs) without supporting the project or giving credit. llama.cpp is easy to use, more performant, and truly open source.

[–] 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Ollama is in the Arch Linux package repository, whereas llama.cpp is in the AUR. Both options are available.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Llama.cpp

Also, looks like Ollama is mostly written in Go and C, versus C and C++.

VC backed or not, both packages are under the MIT license.