# Jupyter Notebook vs Ollama

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

| | Jupyter Notebook | Ollama |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 59/100 | 95/100 ✓ |
| Rank in category | #45 of 166 in Developer Tools | #1 of 25 in LLM Inference |
| GitHub stars | 13 460 | 185 124 ✓ |
| Stars, last 30 days | +103 | +3 576 ✓ |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 8 | 50 ✓ |
| Latest release | v7.5.8 · 5 Oct 2026 | v0.40.12 · 27 Oct 2026 ✓ |
| Setup | Easy | Easy |
| Official Docker image | No | Yes ✓ |
| License | BSD-3-Clause | MIT |
| Main language | Jupyter Notebook | Go |

## Which one should you pick?

Ollama scores 95/100 against 59/100 for Jupyter Notebook, so it is the safer default.

Ollama ships more often: 50 stable releases in the past year, against 8 for Jupyter Notebook.

Ollama is growing faster right now (+3 576 stars in 30 days).

## Details

- [Jupyter Notebook](https://selfhost.directory/project/jupyter-notebook) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/jupyter-notebook.md)
- [Ollama](https://selfhost.directory/project/ollama) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/ollama.md)

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Source: https://selfhost.directory/compare/jupyter-notebook-vs-ollama