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title: Ollama documentation
sidebarTitle: Welcome
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Start building with open models.

Follow the [quickstart](/quickstart), then choose a model, integration, or API.

## Models

Run models locally or use larger models in Ollama's cloud.

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  <Card title="Browse models" icon="star" href="https://ollama.com/search">
    Find models for chat, coding, vision, embeddings, and reasoning.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Cloud models" icon="cloud" href="/cloud">
    Run larger models on Ollama's Cloud without the download.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Next steps

Connect Ollama to an app, or build with the API.

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  <Card title="Integrations" icon="plug" href="/integrations">
    Connect Ollama to an app, editor, or agent.
  </Card>

  <Card title="First API request" icon="code" href="/api/introduction">
    Learn the local and cloud base URLs, then send a request with `curl`.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Python library" icon="python" href="https://github.com/ollama/ollama-python">
    Use Ollama from Python.
  </Card>

  <Card title="JavaScript library" icon="js" href="https://github.com/ollama/ollama-js">
    Use Ollama from JavaScript or TypeScript.
  </Card>
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## Community

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  <Card title="Discord" icon="discord" href="https://discord.gg/ollama">
    Join the Ollama Discord.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Reddit" icon="reddit" href="https://reddit.com/r/ollama">
    Join the Ollama subreddit.
  </Card>
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