{"name":"Open WebUI","tagline":"Self-hosted chat UI for Ollama and OpenAI-compatible APIs — your models, your box.","url":"https://openwebui.com","category":"dev-infra","pricing":"freemium","price_note":"self-host free (pip/docker); Enterprise SSO/RBAC/air-gap is a commercial SKU (talk to sales)","free_tier":true,"open_source":true,"api":true,"self_host":true,"model_routing":"byok","verdict":"situational","verdict_text":"The default homelab ChatGPT skin: Ollama, OpenAI, Anthropic, RAG, voice, a huge community library. The product is the interface, not the model. Enterprise exists for SSO and air-gap. Ops (auth, updates, disk) are on you. Not a cloud assistant.","limitations":["You operate Docker/GPU/backups; this is not a hosted chat product.","Feature surface is huge; upgrades can reshuffle the UI (see v0.11 notes).","Connecting cloud APIs reintroduces the data-residency question you self-hosted to avoid.","Enterprise controls are not the MIT community build."],"strengths":["Self-hosted chat UI that works with Ollama and OpenAI-compatible APIs.","Huge community library of models, tools and prompts.","RAG and voice features out of the box."],"use_for":["Homelabs that want a ChatGPT-like skin on local models.","Teams that need an air-gapped or self-hosted chat interface.","Users who already run Ollama and want a richer web UI."],"skip_when":["You want a fully managed cloud assistant with zero ops.","You cannot maintain Docker, GPU, backups and auth yourself.","You are self-hosting to avoid cloud APIs but will still plug them in."],"receipts":["https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui","https://docs.openwebui.com"],"affiliate":"none","evidence_tier":"source-verified","momentum":"blueshift","featured":false,"data_sensitivity":{"trains_on_inputs":"unknown","local_processing":true},"last_verified":"2026-08-19","observed_by":"whysanesanders","slug":"open-webui","canonical_url":"https://noemium.com/tools/open-webui/","attribution":"Noemium catalog data is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). See https://noemium.com/method/ for how entries are verified."}