Run a model

ollama run gemma3

Multiline input

For multiline input, you can wrap text with """:
>>> """Hello,
... world!
... """
I'm a basic program that prints the famous "Hello, world!" message to the console.

Multimodal models

ollama run gemma3 "What's in this image? /Users/jmorgan/Desktop/smile.png"

Download a model

ollama pull gemma3

Remove a model

ollama rm gemma3

List models

ollama ls

Sign in to Ollama

ollama signin

Sign out of Ollama

ollama signout

Create a customized model

First, create a Modelfile
FROM gemma3
SYSTEM """You are a happy cat."""
Then run ollama create:
ollama create -f Modelfile

List running models

ollama ps

Stop a running model

ollama stop gemma3

Start Ollama

ollama serve
To view a list of environment variables that can be set run ollama serve --help