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Open WebUI

Open WebUI is a home for AI, a self-hosted AI 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 interface 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 -e WEBUI_SECRET_KEY=your-secret-key --name open-webui --restart always ghcr.io/open-webui/open-webui:main

Then open http://localhost:3000.

Open WebUI running a live analysis: Claude Opus 5 reads a spreadsheet through Open Terminal and renders an interactive revenue dashboard inline in the chat

Powered by Open Terminal and some of our amazing community built plugins.

For GPU support, Docker Compose, and more → Quick Start and Docker images and tags

Running? Read this next.

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

Getting Started​

  • Quick Start: Docker, Python and desktop app installs, with every other method one link away
  • Connect a Provider: Ollama, OpenAI, Anthropic, vLLM, and more
  • Essentials for Open WebUI: Start here after your first install. Plugins, tool calling, task models, context management, RAG, web search, Open Terminal.
  • Connect an Agent: Open WebUI Computer, Hermes Agent, OpenClaw, and other autonomous AI agents
  • Updating: Keep your instance current
  • Development Branch: Help test the latest changes before stable release
  • Advanced Topics: Scaling, logging, and advanced configuration

Explore​

Open WebUI Computer​

Open WebUI Computer is the cutting-edge agent harness and runtime for 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 the actual files, branches, services, and tools already on that computer, with approvals and plan mode. The file the agent edits is the file on your disk; the terminal it uses is the terminal on your machine.

Run Computer with uv:

uvx cptr@latest run

Then create an account and open a folder.

Because it's your whole machine, you get the rest for free: files, editor, terminal, git, previews, and agent chats 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 real-machine agent 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: Turn Open WebUI into a full agent harness with a real action runtime: sandboxed files, shell, code execution, previews, and artifacts.
  • 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​

Built for teams and organizations, Open WebUI combines full control over your data and infrastructure with a stateless architecture that scales from a pilot to an organization-wide deployment.

Need custom branding, SLA support, or Long-Term Support (LTS)? → 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.