Open WebUI
A self-hosted chat interface that talks to Ollama and any OpenAI-compatible API, so your local models get a proper front end.
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3 more ways to get Open WebUI
Package managers
- Homebrew
brew install --cask open-webui - Flathub
flatpak install flathub com.openwebui.open-webui - Snap Store
snap install open-webui
About Open WebUI
Open WebUI gives a local model the interface people expect from a commercial chat product: conversation history, document upload and retrieval, multiple users with roles and permissions, and a plugin system for tools and external services. It runs entirely offline once the models are on the machine.
It is provider-agnostic. Point it at Ollama for local models, or at any OpenAI-compatible endpoint, including LM Studio, GroqCloud, Mistral, OpenRouter and vLLM, and switch between them in the same conversation. Installation is pip, uv, Docker or Kubernetes.
The licence is BSD-3-Clause with an added clause about keeping the Open WebUI branding, so it is source-available rather than strictly open source for larger deployments.
Strengths
- One interface for local Ollama models and any OpenAI-compatible API
- Document upload and retrieval so you can ask questions about your own files
- Multi-user with roles, groups and permissions
- Installs with pip, uv, Docker or Kubernetes
Limitations
- The licence adds a branding condition, so it is not plain BSD
- It is a server you have to run, update and secure yourself
- Retrieval quality depends heavily on the embedding model you pick
- Feature releases move fast and configuration changes between versions
Details
- Pricing
- Freemium · Free to self-host. The project sells an enterprise plan with support and branding rights.
- License
- Open WebUI License, based on BSD-3-Clause with a branding clause
- Developer
- open-webui
- Platforms
- Self-hosted, Web
- How it runs
- Self-hosted, Web application
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Putting a usable chat interface in front of models running on your own hardware
- Categories
- Local AI tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Selected from the TechWalrus downloads catalog (AI); facts checked against the developer's own pages, 2 sources on file.
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