ollama-tool-cli 1.1.2

CLI tool for managing Ollama models - backup, restore, update, and list models

Ollama Tool CLI 🦙

A modern CLI tool for managing Ollama models - backup, restore, update, and list your models with ease.

Installation

Using pip (recommended)

pip install ollama-tool-cli

Using uv

uv add ollama-tool-cli

From source

git clone https://github.com/arian24b/ollamatools.git
cd ollamatools
uv sync

Requirements

• Python 3.10 or higher
• Ollama installed and running

Usage

Basic Commands

# Show help
ollama-tool-cli

# List all installed models
ollama-tool-cli list

# Update all models
ollama-tool-cli update

# Update a specific model
ollama-tool-cli update llama3.2

# Backup all models to default location (~/Downloads/ollama_model_backups)
ollama-tool-cli backup

# Backup to custom path
ollama-tool-cli backup --path /path/to/backup

# Backup a specific model
ollama-tool-cli backup --model llama3.2

# Backup with parallel jobs
ollama-tool-cli backup --jobs 4

# Run backup in background
ollama-tool-cli backup --background

# Restore from backup
ollama-tool-cli restore /path/to/backup.zip

# Restore all backups in a directory
ollama-tool-cli restore /path/to/backup_dir

# Show Ollama version
ollama-tool-cli version

# Show installation information
ollama-tool-cli info

# Check if Ollama is installed
ollama-tool-cli check

# Show log paths
ollama-tool-cli logs

# Follow logs
ollama-tool-cli logs --follow

Command Details

list

Display all installed Ollama models with their versions.

update [model]

Update one or all Ollama models. If no model name is provided, updates all models.

• --jobs, -j: Number of parallel jobs
• --background, -b: Run command in background

backup [--path PATH] [--model MODEL]

Backup Ollama models to zip files. By default backs up all models to ~/Downloads/ollama_model_backups.

• --path, -p: Custom backup directory path
• --model, -m: Backup only a specific model
• --jobs, -j: Number of parallel jobs
• --background, -b: Run command in background

restore <path>

Restore Ollama models from a backup zip file or directory.

• --jobs, -j: Number of parallel jobs
• --background, -b: Run command in background

version

Display the installed Ollama version.

info

Show detailed Ollama installation information including version, models path, platform, and number of installed models.

check

Verify that Ollama is installed and accessible.

logs

Show log file locations or follow logs.

• --follow, -f: Follow the log output

Background logs

Background commands write to an OS-specific log directory with size-based rotation:

• macOS: ~/Library/Logs/ollama-tool-cli/
• Linux: ${XDG_STATE_HOME:-~/.local/state}/ollama-tool-cli/logs/
• Windows: %LOCALAPPDATA%\ollama-tool-cli\Logs\

Development

Setup development environment

uv sync

Build the package

uv build

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.