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Open WebUI vs LM Studio: catalog facts
Open WebUILM Studio
Freemium

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

Freemium

The free plan runs local models and the built-in agent. Paid plans from $20 a month add…

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
  • Search and download models from Hugging Face without leaving the app
  • Serves local models on OpenAI-compatible endpoints, locally and over the network
  • The licence adds a branding condition, so it is not plain BSD
  • It is a server you have to run, update and secure yourself
  • Closed source, unlike most of the local-AI stack it builds on
  • Cloud features require an account and a subscription
Self-hosted, Web application Downloadable app
Not stated if open source Closed source
License: Open WebUI License, based on BSD-3-Clause with a branding clause License not stated
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked September 21, 2026

Checked September 20, 2026

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