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Open-WebUI

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A self-hosted alternative to Chatgpt

MIT LicenseOpen Core — Some Features Paid2 Containers — 2 containers — light hosting footprintPackage · Docker · K8s +1No external DB29+ active committers (12mo)

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Open WebUI is a self-hosted AI interface aimed at people who want to run and interact with language models in their own environment. The README presents it as an extensible platform that works with...

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Features

  • offline operation
  • Ollama/OpenAI API integration
  • RBAC
  • Markdown and LaTeX support
  • voice and video calls
  • model builder
  • Python function calling
  • persistent artifact storage
  • local RAG
  • web search and browsing

Details

Last Updated
Jun 21, 2026
Created
Oct 6, 2023
Install Methods
package-managerdockerkuberneteshelm
Requirements
Python 3.11DockerOllama
Authentication
ldapoidc-ssooauthproxy-auth
API
RESTWEBSOCKET
Backup & Export
file-backup
Runtime / Stack
DockerPython
Privacy & Independence
Cloud: OptionalOffline Capable
User Model
Multi-User
Deployment

Deployment: Docker Compose ✓2 Containerslight hosting footprintRuns as 2 containers

Docker Compose

2 services · 1 unclassified (ollama)

no resource limits declared

needs persistent storage (2 volumes)

docker-compose.yaml · @ 02dc3e6 · scanned Jun 4, 2026

services:
  ollama:
    volumes:
      - ollama:/root/.ollama
    container_name: ollama
    pull_policy: always
    tty: true
    restart: unless-stopped
    image: ollama/ollama:${OLLAMA_DOCKER_TAG-latest}

  open-webui:
    build:
      context: .
      dockerfile: Dockerfile
    image: ghcr.io/open-webui/open-webui:${WEBUI_DOCKER_TAG-main}
    container_name: open-webui
    volumes:
      - open-webui:/app/backend/data
    depends_on:
      - ollama
# ...

Open-source health

Not quite free with issues

open-washing

Source: isitreallyfoss.com · reviewed Jun 2025

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