Open-WebUI
Open-WebUI is a source-available, self-hosted app in the AI & LLM Tools category, licensed Open WebUI License (BSD-3-Clause plus branding clause) and written mainly in Python. It is a self-hosted alternative to ChatGPT and Lovable and ships a Docker image. It has 156,775 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 26, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
- AI & LLM Tools
- Python
- Open WebUI License
- Source-available
- Docker
- Active
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 156,775
- Forks
- 22,828
- Open issues
- 177
- Commits, last 12 months
- 6,068
- Last commit
- Oct 26, 2026
- Latest release
- v0.12.4Oct 25, 2026
- Created
- Oct 6, 2023
- License
- Open WebUI License (BSD-3-Clause plus branding clause)Source-available
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 26, 2026, 6,068 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 26, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 6,068 |
| Latest release | v0.12.4 (Oct 25, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 10 or more |
| Releases, all time | 176 |
| Open issues | 177 |
| Open pull requests | 19 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | No |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Oct 6, 2023 |
Health as of , from the GitHub API. A label describes activity, not quality or security. How we label project health · Report a data error
About Open-WebUI
User-friendly AI Interface, supports Ollama, OpenAI API.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/open-webui/open-webui.
Topics
- ollama
- ollama-webui
- llm
- webui
- self-hosted
- llm-ui
- llm-webui
- llms
- rag
- ai
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Is Open-WebUI free and open source?
Not by the OSI definition. Open-WebUI is source-available rather than open source: its code is public under the Open WebUI License (BSD-3-Clause plus branding clause), which is not an OSI-approved open-source license. This is a custom license: the source is public, but it adds conditions that OSI-approved licenses do not, such as limits on commercial, hosted or production use. Read it before you deploy. Check the license in the repository before using it commercially.
Can I run Open-WebUI with Docker?
Yes. Open-WebUI provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. Our step-by-step deploy guide covers the Compose file, HTTPS and backups.
What are the best alternatives to Open-WebUI?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Open-WebUI include Ollama, Stable Diffusion WebUI and Langflow. Open-WebUI itself is a self-hosted alternative to ChatGPT and Lovable.
Is Open-WebUI actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Open-WebUI was on Oct 26, 2026 with 6,068 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v0.12.4, published Oct 25, 2026. It had 177 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.