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Open WebUI vs AnythingLLM: catalog facts
Open WebUI	AnythingLLM
Freemium Free to self-host. The project sells an enterprise plan with support and branding rights.	Freemium The desktop app is free and MIT licensed. Mintplex Labs sells a hosted cloud version.
Self-hosted, Web	Windows, macOS, Linux
One interface for local Ollama models and any OpenAI-compatible API Document upload and retrieval so you can ask questions about your own files	Chat, vector database and document pipeline in one install, no setup Works fully locally, or with a cloud provider key if you prefer
The licence adds a branding condition, so it is not plain BSD It is a server you have to run, update and secure yourself	Answer quality depends on the local model, which on a normal laptop is modest Indexing a large document set takes time and disk
Self-hosted, Web application	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Not stated if open source	Open source
License: Open WebUI License, based on BSD-3-Clause with a branding clause	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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