What is Open WebUI?
Open WebUI is a feature-rich, self-hosted interface for Ollama (and OpenAI-compatible APIs). It looks and feels like ChatGPT — conversation history, model switching, file uploads, image generation — but runs entirely on your machine or private server.
Quick start
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Install Ollama first
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Run: docker run -d -p 3000:80 ghcr.io/open-webui/open-webui:main
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Open http://localhost:3000
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Connect to your Ollama models automatically
Use cases
→Team private AI portal
→RAG over your documents
→Multi-model comparison
→Custom system prompts
Compatible models
Works with any Ollama modelAlso connects to OpenAI/Anthropic APIs
Why this matters for India
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Deploy on a shared server for your team — everyone gets AI without paying per-seat SaaS fees.