ollama launch
Ollama introduced `ollama launch`, a one-command setup for Claude Code, OpenCode, Codex, and other coding tools.
Developer ToolsSource: Ollama Blog
Ollama changelog: January 2026
4 releases from to
Everything Ollama shipped in January 2026, collected from official Ollama sources. Each entry is dated and links to the page it came from.
January 2026 at a glance
January 2026 was Ollama's 2nd busiest month of the 12 months to then: 4 releases, about 2.7× its monthly average of 2. That was 4 releases more than December 2025. Most were Product (2), followed by API (1) and Developer Tools (1).
Releases
4
+4 vs December 2025
Rank of 12 months
2nd
Average 1.5 a month
Most shipped
Product
2 releases
Notable Ollama launches in January 2026
- Product
Image generation (experimental)
Ollama added experimental image generation on macOS with Z-Image Turbo, with Windows and Linux support coming soon.
Source: Ollama Blog - Product
OpenAI Codex with Ollama
Open models can be used with OpenAI's Codex CLI through Ollama. Codex can read, modify, and execute code in your working directory using models such as gpt-oss:20b, gpt-oss:120b, or other open-weight alternatives.
Source: Ollama Blog Feed - API
Claude Code with Anthropic API compatibility
Ollama made v0.14.0+ compatible with the Anthropic Messages API, so Claude Code can run against local or cloud Ollama models.
Source: Ollama Blog
All Ollama releases in January 2026
Newest first. Each entry links to the official page it came from.
January 20264 releases
Image generation (experimental)
Ollama added experimental image generation on macOS with Z-Image Turbo, with Windows and Linux support coming soon.
ProductSource: Ollama Blog
Claude Code with Anthropic API compatibility
Ollama made v0.14.0+ compatible with the Anthropic Messages API, so Claude Code can run against local or cloud Ollama models.
OpenAI Codex with Ollama
Open models can be used with OpenAI's Codex CLI through Ollama. Codex can read, modify, and execute code in your working directory using models such as gpt-oss:20b, gpt-oss:120b, or other open-weight alternatives.
Where January 2026 sits
Ollama releases per month, for January 2026 and the 11 months before it. A taller bar means more releases that month; the dated entries for each month are on its own page.
Other companies in January 2026
32 of the companies we track shipped in January 2026; Ollama ranks 7th by number of releases.
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