Open WebUI is a chat interface you host yourself and use in a browser. It works with Ollama and any OpenAI-compatible API, so it can front local models or cloud ones, and adds documents, web search, tools and multiple users.
Install it with pip (Python 3.11 or 3.12) and open localhost:8080, or use the Open WebUI Desktop app, which sets it up for you on macOS 12 or later.
It's free to self-host under the Open WebUI License (BSD-3-Clause terms plus a branding clause). Where your prompts go depends on the models you connect: local models keep them on your Mac.
How to Get It
Official downloads only. MLX never re-hosts an app, and never runs a command for you.
MLX Score
Ranked against the run models locally listings, from real public data only. How the score works.
Pairs Well With
OllamaRun locallyInformation
- Developer
- Open WebUI
- Category
- Run models locally
- Price
- Free (Free to self-host; enterprise plans are offered.)
- Your data
- On your Mac or in the cloud
- Licence
- Open WebUI License
- Mac
- macOS 12.0 or later
- iPhone and iPad
- —
- Facts checked
- 2026-11-01
Sources
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vMLX (MLX Studio)Run locallyOpen WebUI is a product of Open WebUI; MLX isn’t affiliated with it. Something wrong? Write to support@mlx.app.