Open WebUI
Open WebUI is an extensible, feature-rich, and user-friendly self-hosted AI platform designed to operate entirely offline. It supports Ollama and OpenAI-compatible APIs, making it a powerful, provider-agnostic solution for both local and cloud-based models.
Quick Start
- Docker
- pip
- uv
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:mainThen open http://localhost:3000.
For GPU support, Docker Compose, and more → Full Docker guide
pip install open-webui
open-webui serveThen open http://localhost:8080.
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
DATA_DIR=~/.open-webui uvx --python 3.11 open-webui@latest serveThen open http://localhost:8080.
Getting Started
- Quick Start — Docker, Python, Kubernetes install options
- Connect a Provider — Ollama, OpenAI, Anthropic, vLLM, and more
- Updating — Keep your instance current
- Development Branch — Help test the latest changes before stable release
- Advanced Topics — Scaling, logging, and advanced configuration
Explore
- Features — Discover what Open WebUI can do
- Tutorials — Step-by-step guides
- FAQ — Common questions answered
- Troubleshooting — Fix common issues
- Reference — Environment variables and API details
Enterprise
Need custom branding, SLA support, or Long-Term Support (LTS) versions? → Learn about Enterprise plans
Get Involved
- Contributing — Help build Open WebUI
- Development Setup — Run the project locally from source
- Discord — Join the community
- GitHub — Report issues, submit PRs
- Careers — Join our team
