# Flood vs Ollama

> Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

| | Flood | Ollama |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 65/100 | 95/100 ✓ |
| Rank in category | #2 of 7 in Torrent | #1 of 25 in LLM Inference |
| GitHub stars | 2 860 | 185 169 ✓ |
| Stars, last 30 days | +17 | +3 516 ✓ |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 13 | 51 ✓ |
| Latest release | v4.16.3 · 17 Oct 2026 | v0.40.13 · 28 Oct 2026 ✓ |
| Setup | Easy | Easy |
| Official Docker image | Yes | Yes |
| License | GPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Main language | Typescript | Go |

## Which one should you pick?

Ollama scores 95/100 against 65/100 for Flood, so it is the safer default.

Ollama ships more often: 51 stable releases in the past year, against 13 for Flood.

Ollama is growing faster right now (+3 516 stars in 30 days).

## Details

- [Flood](https://selfhost.directory/project/flood) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/flood.md)
- [Ollama](https://selfhost.directory/project/ollama) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/ollama.md)

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Source: https://selfhost.directory/compare/flood-vs-ollama