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Open WebUI

Open WebUI is a home for AI, a self-hosted platform that's extensible, feature-rich, user-friendly, and built to run entirely offline. With support for Ollama and OpenAI-compatible APIs, it gives you a powerful, provider-agnostic platform for both local and cloud-based models.

Open WebUI: a self-hosted AI platform connecting local and cloud models with tools and knowledgeOpen WebUI: a self-hosted AI platform connecting local and cloud models with tools and knowledge

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Quick Start​

docker run -d -p 3000:8080 --add-host=host.docker.internal:host-gateway -v open-webui:/app/backend/data --name open-webui --restart always ghcr.io/open-webui/open-webui:main

Then open http://localhost:3000.

Open WebUI chat screen after startup

For GPU support, Docker Compose, and more → Full Docker guide

Running? Read this next.

Installed Open WebUI but not sure where to start? The Essentials for Open WebUI guide covers the six things every new user needs to know: plugins, tool calling, task models, context management, RAG, and Open Terminal.

Getting Started​

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Open WebUI Computer​

Open WebUI Computer is an agent harness that runs on your real machine. You install one app, add AI (an API key, a local model, or a coding-agent subscription you already have like Claude Code or Codex), and it works on your actual files and projects, from research and writing to code, with approvals and plan mode. It doesn't spin up a throwaway sandbox and hand you a diff. The file the agent edits is the file on your disk.

Because it's your whole machine, you get the rest for free: files, editor, terminal, and git in any browser, from your desk or your phone; an assistant you can message from Telegram or WhatsApp; scheduled agents that report back to you. Everything runs locally on hardware you own, nothing hosted elsewhere.

Computer and Open WebUI are one ecosystem moving at two speeds, on purpose. Open WebUI is the stable platform: enterprise-ready, multi-user, what teams and organizations deploy and rely on. Computer moves faster: new capabilities are built and shipped there first, hardened in daily use, and graduated into Open WebUI where they fit. If you want the bleeding edge of what we're building, it lands in Computer first.

Also by Open WebUI​

  • open-terminal: Give your AI a real computer. Sandboxed terminal, file browser, and code execution for Open WebUI.
  • oikb: Keep your Open WebUI knowledge bases in sync. Watches local folders, GitHub repos, S3 buckets, Confluence, and 40+ other sources.
  • mcpo: MCP-to-OpenAPI proxy. Use any MCP tool server with Open WebUI (or any OpenAPI client) without custom glue code.

Enterprise​

Need custom branding, SLA support, or Long-Term Support (LTS) versions? → Learn about Enterprise plans

Get Involved​

Sponsors​

Acknowledgements​

A16z

A16z Open Source AI Grant 2025

Mozilla

Mozilla Builders 2024

GitHub

GitHub Accelerator 2024

For LLMs and coding agents​

Machine-readable entry points to this documentation:

All files are generated fresh on every deploy.

This content is for informational purposes only and does not constitute a warranty, guarantee, or contractual commitment. Open WebUI is provided "as is." See your license for applicable terms.