Open WebUI
Open source · Local LLMs · open-webui/open-webui
What it does
Open WebUI is a ChatGPT-style chat interface that you host yourself. It connects to Ollama or any OpenAI-compatible API, and adds user accounts, chat history and document upload.
Good for: A private chat app for you or a small team, in front of local or cloud models.
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- Licence
- Source-available (not an OSI-approved open-source licence; see the note below)
- Popularity
- Stars: 155,839 (checked 16 Oct 2026)
- Last commit
- 16 Oct 2026
- Open issues and PRs
- 175
- Status
- Active (not archived)
- Self-host
- EasyDocker one-liner; pairs with Ollama for local models.
- GitHub topics
- ai
- llm
- llm-ui
- llm-webui
- llms
- mcp
- ollama
- ollama-webui
- open-webui
- openai
Licence note: Open WebUI License: BSD-3-Clause style terms plus a branding clause (you may not remove Open WebUI branding in most cases). Not an OSI-approved licence.
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