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Open WebUILocalGPT
Freemium

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

 Free

Free and open source under the MIT licence.

Self-hosted, Web Self-hosted
  • One interface for local Ollama models and any OpenAI-compatible API
  • Document upload and retrieval so you can ask questions about your own files
  • Documents and queries stay on your own machine
  • Hybrid vector and full-text search with reranking
  • The licence adds a branding condition, so it is not plain BSD
  • It is a server you have to run, update and secure yourself
  • No packaged releases; you set it up from source
  • Requires Ollama and enough hardware for local models
Self-hosted, Web application 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

Checked September 21, 2026

Checked September 26, 2026

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