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Open WebUI

Open-source · self-hostable · replaces 1 SaaS tool on os-alt

open-webui/open-webui · alive · ★ 136.4k · last commit today · 234 open issues

License: BSD-3-Clause

Good fit for Teams that want a ChatGPT-shaped multi-user web app with RBAC, prompt templates, and a built-in RAG knowledge base.

Weak at Image generation and voice mode — these need bolt-on integrations (e.g. Automatic1111 for SD) rather than working out of the box.

In a terminal? npx -y github:SolvoHQ/os-alt-cli chatgpt prints the ChatGPT comparison table including Open WebUI. how the CLI works →

Replaces these SaaS

  • ChatGPT · AI chat assistant (consumer UI)

    Run `docker compose up` with the bundled Ollama+Open WebUI compose file from the project README. First-load creates the admin account; pull a model from inside the UI (Models → Pull → `llama3.1:8b`). ChatGPT history doesn't export cleanly — paste threads into a markdown file and use the Knowledge feature to make them searchable inside Open WebUI conversations.

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