Open WebUI Hits 157K GitHub Stars as Self-Hosted ChatGPT Alternative
alex_verem · x · 2026-10-29
The author highlights Open WebUI as one of nine free open-source apps that can replace paid AI subscriptions. It offers a ChatGPT-like chat window but runs models on your own machine and works offline once set up.
- 157K GitHub stars and 22.9K forks
- Supports Ollama, OpenAI API and other backends
- Self-hosted: no usage limits and no third party reading your chats
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