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Open WebUIPrivateGPT
Freemium

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

 Free

Free to run yourself from the public repository.

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
  • Document question answering (RAG) on local models
  • Works with any OpenAI-compatible inference server
  • The licence adds a branding condition, so it is not plain BSD
  • It is a server you have to run, update and secure yourself
  • Aimed at developers; requires setting up a separate inference server
  • Mainly an API layer rather than a finished desktop app
Self-hosted, Web application Self-hosted
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 Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 21, 2026

Checked September 23, 2026

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