# Install gollama with Homebrew, Nix Go manage your Ollama models. Version 2.0.5 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:gollama ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install gollama ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#gollama ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/go/gollama/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:gollama - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.0.5 - **Source summary:** Go manage your Ollama models - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:03:37-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - gollama (cli) - gollama (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 2.0.5 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-22 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/sammcj/gollama - Upstream latest detected: v2.0.5 (current) ## Project history and usage Gollama is a macOS and Linux TUI/CLI for managing Ollama models. Its README describes listing, inspecting, deleting, copying, pushing, running, unloading, sorting, filtering, and editing models. ### Project history Sam McLeod's June 2024 project post says Gollama started as a rewrite of `llamalink`, then expanded into a friendlier model-management interface. Early documentation emphasized linking Ollama models to LM Studio as well as listing and deleting local models. The README later broadened the tool with Modelfile editing, registry push/pull operations, running-model views, vRAM estimation, search, and configurable Ollama API host options. The maintainer documented a 2025 shift: LM Studio linking was removed in the v2.0.1 era because ongoing upstream changes and local-configuration differences made the feature costly to maintain, and development slowed as the maintainer's own model-serving workflow moved away from Ollama. ### Adoption history Gollama belongs to the local-LLM wave around Ollama: it is a companion tool for users who accumulate many local model tags and need a terminal interface to clean, inspect, run, and organize them. The batch input records Homebrew and Nix packages, matching the macOS/Linux developer audience named in the README. Its adoption story is narrower than Ollama itself but meaningful for package catalogs because it packages local model housekeeping into one Go binary and can be installed without a desktop UI. ### How it is used The primary workflow is running `gollama` to open the TUI, then using hotkeys to select, run, inspect, delete, edit, copy, pull, push, sort, and unload models. The CLI also supports list, search, edit, host override, custom Ollama directory, log-level, and vRAM estimation flags. Gollama reads and writes user configuration under `~/.config/gollama/`, including sorting, displayed columns, API URL, log level, and related display options. It may store an Ollama API key in that configuration when users choose to configure one, but the package itself is not primarily a credential manager. ### Why package nerds care For package nerds, Gollama is a good example of the post-Ollama helper-binary ecosystem: small Go tools that wrap a local AI runtime with ergonomic terminal workflows. It is easy for Homebrew and Nix users to install beside Ollama, LM Studio, llama.cpp, and model-management scripts. The v2 removal of LM Studio linking is also significant: it shows how fast-moving local-AI tools force package maintainers and users to track feature removals, not just version bumps. ### Timeline - 2024: Project post announces Gollama as a Go-based Ollama model manager and explains its origin as a rewrite of llamalink. - 2024: README describes TUI model listing, filtering, sorting, deleting, inspecting, and LM Studio linking. - 2025: Release notes and README document removal of LM Studio linking in the v2 line. - 2025-2026: README emphasizes model-management, registry, running-model, and vRAM-estimation workflows. ### Related projects - Ollama is the local model runtime Gollama manages. - llamalink is the maintainer's earlier project that Gollama rewrote and expanded. - LM Studio, llama.cpp, and llama-swap are named in maintainer documentation around the removed linking feature and the maintainer's model-serving workflow. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** gollama - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - gollama: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/go/gollama/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [MCP tool packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/mcp-tools/) - Mentions MCP or Model Context Protocol. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [context7-mcp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/context7-mcp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai, cli, developer-tools, llm. - [fabric-ai](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fabric-ai/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai, cli, developer-tools, llm. - [gptme](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gptme/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai, cli, developer-tools, llm. - [gptscript](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gptscript/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai, cli, developer-tools, llm. - [localai](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/localai/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai, cli, developer-tools, llm. - [mods](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mods/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai, cli, developer-tools, llm. - [oterm](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/oterm/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai, cli, developer-tools, llm, ollama. - [repomix](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/repomix/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai, cli, developer-tools, llm. - [ollama](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ollama/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: ai, cli, developer, developer-tools, llm. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/gollama.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/gollama.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph