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Open WebUI

A deployable multi-user web interface and agent platform with a custom branding-restricted license.

AI chat appsWeb / DesktopLocal modelsMulti-provider
152,890 stars
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Overview

Research summary

Open WebUI is a self-hosted web interface for conversations and workflows using local Ollama models or OpenAI-compatible APIs. It adds multi-user controls, groups, knowledge and document retrieval, tools, MCP connections and extensibility beyond a simple chat client. It can operate offline with an appropriate local model backend, but the web interface itself should not be confused with an embedded inference engine.

Its current source is covered by the Open WebUI License, which restricts removal or alteration of branding above a fifty-user threshold unless permission or an enterprise license is obtained. Earlier contributions retain their historical MIT or BSD-3-Clause terms, according to the repository's multi-license notice.

Repository summary

Stars
152,890
Open issues
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Last push
2026-09-22
Commits, 90 days
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Repository activity
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Classification

AI chat appsWeb / DesktopLocal modelsMulti-provider

Pricing & services

Paid services available

The provider offers paid products or services. Free options may also be available.

Commercial offering checked 2026-10-02.

Licence scope

Current code:OpenWebUILicenseEarlier code:MIT/BSD-3-Clause

The current license restricts branding changes for deployments above 50 users; see LICENSE and LICENSE_NOTICE.

Implementation

Recorded implementation details and interfaces for Open WebUI.

Implementation details

Self-hosted Python backend and web frontend that connect to Ollama or compatible model APIs

Languages
Python
Repository type
source

Recorded interfaces and capabilities

Web / DesktopLocal modelsMulti-provider

Licence scope

Current code:OpenWebUILicenseEarlier code:MIT/BSD-3-Clause

The current license restricts branding changes for deployments above 50 users; see LICENSE and LICENSE_NOTICE.

Repository

Repository snapshots, release information and recorded maintenance signals.

Repository snapshot

open-webui/open-webui ↗

Stars
152,890
Open issues
Unavailable
Last push
2026-09-22
Commits, 90 days
Unavailable
Repository activity
Not scored
Archived
Not recorded

Repository activity is a snapshot, not a quality or popularity ranking. It combines recent-push freshness (50%), 90-day commits (30%) and issue pressure (20%).

Maintenance and provenance

Catalogue snapshot
2026-10-06
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Documentation

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Research metadata

Research date
2026-09-23
Catalogue snapshot
2026-10-06

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