Ollama Discord: price, who can join and alternatives
The official Discord for Ollama, the open source tool for running open models on your own machine or in Ollama's cloud. Its docs point developers to the Discord or Reddit for conversation, and the invite page showed 194,432 members on 28 Oct 2026. It suits builders who want help wiring local models into their apps.
Ollama Discord at a glance
| What | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Where the community lives | The Ollama docs send people to Discord or Reddit | docs.ollama.com |
| Discord size | The invite page showed 194,432 members on 28 Oct 2026 | discord.com |
| What Ollama is | A way to build with open models, locally or in the cloud | ollama.com |
| Reach | Ollama reports more than 9 million installs a month | ollama.com |
| Open source | The GitHub repository is MIT licensed with about 185,000 stars | github.com |
| Licence | MIT licence | github.com |
| Product pricing | Local use has no subscription; the paid cloud Pro plan is USD 20 a month | ollama.com |
Who it suits
- Developers building apps on local or open models
- Builders who want quick peer help with Ollama setup and integrations
- People who prefer chat over forums for troubleshooting
Who it doesn't suit
- Founders looking for vetted peer groups or investors
- People who want structured events or cohorts
- Anyone who wants a small, quiet room; the server is very large
Alternatives to Ollama Discord
| Community | Price | Entry rule |
|---|---|---|
| AI Engineer | Code Summit $1,299 plus fees if approved (currency not named) | Application only (Code Summit) |
| Build Club | Free lessons; course prices not shown | Open: sign up to Campus or join the Slack |
| Cerebral Valley | Not stated | Some events by host approval from a waitlist |
| Cursor Community Forum | Not published | Open public forum |
| DataTalks.Club | Not published (courses are listed as free) | Open: enter your email for a Slack invite |
| LangChain Community | Not published | Open: request a Slack invite or sign up to the forum |
| Latent Space | Free; paid newsletter from US$6.90 a month | Open Discord invite |
| LlamaIndex Discord | Not published (public invite link) | Open invite link from the LlamaIndex GitHub README |
Compare all 471 founder communities, each row dated.
Questions about Ollama Discord
- Is the Ollama Discord free?
- No price is published for the server, and the invite link is public in the Ollama docs.
- How big is it?
- The invite page showed 194,432 members on 28 Oct 2026.
- Is there an alternative to Discord?
- Yes. The Ollama docs also point to a Reddit community.
- Website
- docs.ollama.com
- Price
- Not published (public invite link)
- Entry rule
- Open invite link from the Ollama docs
- Format
- Discord server, plus a Reddit community
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Ollama Discord isn't connected to Remote Builders. Prices and entry rules change, so check docs.ollama.com before you apply. Spotted something out of date? Tell us in the members' chat.