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LocalGPT vs Open WebUI: catalog facts
LocalGPT	Open WebUI
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Freemium Free to self-host. The project sells an enterprise plan with support and branding rights.
Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Web
Documents and queries stay on your own machine Hybrid vector and full-text search with reranking	One interface for local Ollama models and any OpenAI-compatible API Document upload and retrieval so you can ask questions about your own files
No packaged releases; you set it up from source Requires Ollama and enough hardware for local models	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
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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