Ollama vs Vercel Labs

Ollama and Vercel Labs (Develop. Preview. Ship. Creators of Next.js.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Vercel Labs (rank #14) holds a modest lead over Ollama (rank #122) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (67 vs 54). The gap of 13 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Ollama is slightly ahead of Vercel Labs. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Vercel Labs is slightly ahead of Ollama. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Ollama is slightly ahead of Vercel Labs. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Vercel Labs is clearly ahead of Ollama.

Ollama carries 190,304 GitHub stars across 4 public repos, with 3 repositories active in the last 90 days and 241 external contributors on record. Vercel Labs shows 177,353 stars across 318 public repos, 72 active in the last 90 days and 520 external contributors.

Ollama is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Vercel Labs looks better where momentum is the deciding factor. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.