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Jeffrey Morgan

Building Ollama, Ollama

  • Building Ollama, Ollama1

Jeffrey Morgan works on Ollama, an open-source tool for running open models on your own machine; Morgan's GitHub profile says Morgan is building Ollama and was previously at Docker, Twitter and Google. Morgan writes code for the project: the repository's commit history shows Morgan authoring recent changes to context-window handling, model support in its MLX engine and support for decision models.123

At a glance

Current role
Building Ollama
Company
Ollama
Sector
Company
Work listed
1
Sources cited
9
Profile reviewed

Open-source work

Morgan made the initial commit to the Ollama repository on June 22, 2023, and has continued to write code for the project, which is released under the MIT license. Recent commits by Morgan update the bundled llama.cpp, add model support to the MLX engine, extend context-window handling and add support for decision models to the ollama run command.423

Products and projects

Ollama's official blog traces how the tool has grown: an official Docker image in October 2023, OpenAI-compatible endpoints in February 2024, tool calling in July 2024, a new desktop app in July 2025 and, in March 2026, a preview of an MLX-powered engine on Apple Silicon.56789

Work and contributions

  • Ollama

    Made the project's initial commit in June 2023; the commit history lists Morgan as the author of ongoing changes, including context-window handling and MLX engine model support.3

Timeline

  1. Made the initial commit to the Ollama repository.4
  2. Ollama became available as an official Docker image.5
  3. Ollama added OpenAI-compatible API endpoints.6
  4. Ollama added tool-calling support for models.7
  5. Ollama released a new desktop app.8
  6. Ollama previewed an engine powered by MLX on Apple Silicon.9

Other documented roles

Roles the sources document that are not confirmed as current.

  • Previous role (listed on GitHub profile), Docker1
  • Previous role (listed on GitHub profile), Twitter1
  • Previous role (listed on GitHub profile), Google1

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References

9 sources · profile reviewed Oct 21, 2026 · data updated Oct 21, 2026

  1. jmorganca (Jeffrey Morgan) on GitHubGitHub · Official page · accessed Oct 21, 2026
  2. ollama/ollama README and LICENSEOllama (GitHub repository) · Repository · accessed Oct 21, 2026
  3. Commits by jmorganca in ollama/ollamaOllama (GitHub repository) · Repository · accessed Oct 21, 2026
  4. ollama/ollama initial commit (8fa9133)Ollama (GitHub repository) · Repository · published Jun 22, 2023 · accessed Oct 21, 2026
  5. Ollama is now available as an official Docker imageOllama · Announcement · published Oct 5, 2023 · accessed Oct 21, 2026
  6. OpenAI compatibilityOllama · Announcement · published Feb 8, 2024 · accessed Oct 21, 2026
  7. Tool supportOllama · Announcement · published Jul 25, 2024 · accessed Oct 21, 2026
  8. Ollama's new appOllama · Announcement · published Jul 30, 2025 · accessed Oct 21, 2026
  9. Ollama is now powered by MLX on Apple Silicon in previewOllama · Announcement · published Mar 30, 2026 · accessed Oct 21, 2026