Open WebUI by open-webui
User-friendly AI Interface (Supports Ollama, OpenAI API, ...)
About Open WebUI
From the project's README at github.com/open-webui/open-webui. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
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Open WebUI is an extensible, feature-rich, and user-friendly self-hosted AI platform designed to operate entirely offline. It supports various LLM runners like Ollama and OpenAI-compatible APIs, with built-in inference engine for RAG, making it a powerful AI deployment solution.
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Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 136k | github.com/open-webui/open-webui |
| GitHub forks | 19k | github.com/open-webui/open-webui |
| PYPI downloads (last month) | 1245k | open-webui |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 2.6 years | since Oct 2023 |
| Last commit | 2 days ago | May 5, 2026 |
| Releases shipped | 159 | last: 13 days ago |
| Security policy | SECURITY.md | declared by maintainers |
| Funding links | 1 | declared by maintainers |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hetzner | CAX11 | 2c · 4GB · 40GB | $4.13 USD | Deploy → |
| vultr | VC2 | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5 USD | Deploy → |
| linode | Nanode 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5.12 USD | Deploy → |
| digitalocean | Basic Regular 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $6 USD | Deploy → |
Security advisories
GHSA-7429-hxcv-268m. What people say on Hacker News
- Show HN: MAItion – Open-source RAG with pluggable connectors and chat UI
- Open WebUI v0.9.0 adds desktop app with task scheduling
- Build a Sovereign Local AI Stack: Ollama and Open WebUI and Pgvector 2026
- FORTHought: Self hosted AI stack for physics labs (and more) built on OpenWebUI
- Ask HN: How would you distribute a privacy-first AI chat for teams?
Ready to self-host Open WebUI?
Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.
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