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LibreChatOpen WebUI
Free

Free and open source to self-host.

 Freemium

Free to self-host. The project sells an enterprise plan with support and branding rights.

Web, Self-hosted Self-hosted, Web
  • Many model providers in a single interface
  • Agents, code interpreter, artifacts and MCP support
  • One interface for local Ollama models and any OpenAI-compatible API
  • Document upload and retrieval so you can ask questions about your own files
  • Needs a server and Docker setup to run
  • Many features means more configuration
  • The licence adds a branding condition, so it is not plain BSD
  • It is a server you have to run, update and secure yourself
Self-hosted Self-hosted, Web application
Open source Not stated if open source
License: MIT License: Open WebUI License, based on BSD-3-Clause with a branding clause
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked September 23, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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