Release Overview

Ollama v0.18.1 is a maintenance release that includes several quality-of-life improvements and bug fixes for better platform compatibility and user experience.

Key Changes

• ROCm Documentation: Improved documentation for ROCm driver constraints to help users with AMD GPU setups
• Onboarding Configuration: Integrated native OpenClaw Ollama onboarding for smoother initial setup
• Headless Mode: Added guards and improvements for headless server deployments, including better systemd handling for environments where it's unavailable
• Benchmarking Tool: Enhanced the internal benchmarking tool for better performance testing

What You Need to Know

This release is primarily focused on stability and compatibility rather than new features. If you're running Ollama on AMD GPUs, ROCm-enabled systems, or in headless/server environments, this update includes targeted fixes that improve reliability. The improvements to systemd handling are particularly useful for users deploying Ollama in containerized or non-traditional Linux environments.