What are the best Dolly alternatives in 2026?
The best open-source Dolly alternatives in 2026 are RWKV-LM, Ollama, llama.cpp, LobeChat, GPT4All. These tools cover the same use cases as Dolly — databricks' open-source instruction-following llm — with the advantage of being open-source, free to self-host, and backed by active communities. Top picks are ranked by GitHub stars and community adoption, so you can find a drop-in replacement that fits your workflow.
RNN-based LLM with transformer-level performance
Run large language models locally on your machine
Fast LLM inference in C/C++ for local deployment
Modern open-source ChatGPT / LLMs UI framework
Run powerful and customized LLMs locally
Original latent diffusion model for photorealistic image synthesis
Natural language interface to run code on your computer
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