Are there specific rules I need to follow before posting here?
No, this community has no published rules, so you only need to follow general Reddit content policy and keep your posts about Ollama and local large language models.
Subreddit guides
r/ollama rules, stats, and what to post
A source-backed Rankhog guide to r/ollama: public rules, community context, posting fit, and startup-promotion risk before you publish.
By Anthony Riera, founder and operator of Rankhog.
Subreddit guides combine public Reddit source URLs, captured rules, visible verification dates, and Rankhog's account-safety workflow.
Current public stats
- Members
- 137,891
- Verified
- September 18, 2026
- Category
- AI builders, operators, and researchers
Rules can change, so Rankhog keeps verification dates and the original public Reddit sources visible.
Rule summary
No subreddit-specific rules were displayed on the public rules page when Rankhog verified it on 2026-09-18.
Works well
- A step-by-step post about running a specific open-source model locally with Ollama, including your hardware specs and the commands you used.
- A comparison of inference speed or memory usage between two models on the same machine, with a short table or summary of results.
- A post about a small integration or wrapper you built around Ollama, shared as a code snippet with an explanation of why it was useful to you.
- A troubleshooting post where you describe a problem you hit, how you debugged it, and what fixed it, so the next person does not have to guess.
Avoid
- Posting about cloud-only LLM services or hosted AI APIs with no connection to local model running.
- Sharing links without any context or explanation of why they matter to Ollama users.
- Treating the community like a distribution channel instead of a place where developers help each other with local models.
What r/ollama Is For
This community is about Ollama and local large language models. There is no public description to draw from, and the community has no published rules, so the only signal is the moderator one-liner: keep your posts relevant to Ollama and follow general Reddit guidelines. People who post here are likely developers, hobbyists, and researchers working with local model inference.
What To Post
A good post here is a technical contribution tied directly to Ollama. Share how you got a specific model running locally, a performance comparison between models on your hardware, a workaround for a setup issue, or a small tool you built that works with Ollama. If you are a founder, lead with the problem you solved and the steps you took, not with your product name. Write the post so a developer who has never heard of you can still learn something useful. If your product is relevant, mention it naturally at the end or in a comment when someone asks, not as the headline.
What To Avoid
Since there are no local rules, the things that will get you in trouble are the obvious ones covered by general Reddit content policy: spam, harassment, off-topic posts, and anything that is not about Ollama or local large language models. Do not drop promotional links with no context. Do not post about unrelated AI tools or cloud services if they have no connection to running models locally. If your post reads like an ad rather than a contribution, expect it to be removed under general Reddit guidelines even though no local rule spells that out.
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Common questions about r/ollama
Can I promote my product or tool here?
The policy brief does not confirm whether promotion is allowed or not, so the safest move is to contribute useful technical content first and watch how the community responds before sharing anything promotional.
Is it okay to share links to my project or blog?
The brief does not say anything specific about links, so share them only when they directly help an Ollama-related discussion and add enough context that the link is not the whole post.
Will AI-generated posts be removed?
The brief does not mention AI-generated content, but since the community is about running local large language models, the expectation is that you write like a person who genuinely uses Ollama, not like a bot dropping content.
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