Pull & List Models in Ollama

From the Ollama cheat sheet · Model Management · verified Jul 2026

Pull & List Models

Download models from the registry and view installed models.

bash
# Pull a model from the registry
ollama pull llama3.2

# List all downloaded models
ollama list

# Show model details (parameters, template, license)
ollama show llama3.2

# Show the Modelfile of a model
ollama show --modelfile llama3.2
💡 Use "ollama ps" to see which models are currently loaded in memory
⚡ Models are stored in ~/.ollama/models by default (configurable via OLLAMA_MODELS)
📌 The :latest tag is used by default if no tag is specified
🟢 Browse available models at https://ollama.com/library
pulllistmodels

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