AI Tool Profile
Open WebUI
Open WebUI is a self-hosted AI interface for working with Ollama, OpenAI-compatible APIs, and local or hosted models.
Kingy AI Product Facts
Open WebUI
Current statusUnknown
- Company
- Not yet reviewed
- Primary job
- Self-hosted AI platform for local and cloud-based models.
- Audience
- Not yet reviewed
- API
- Available
- Evidence
- Source-backed; review due
- Latest source check
- September 6, 2026
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Sources and checks
- Coverage
- 0 of 87 tracked fields currently verified
- Sources
- 2
Source-check dates apply to the tracked facts. Editorial updates elsewhere on this page may have a different date.
Plans and pricing units
Not yet structured in this Kingy record.
Where it runs
- Self Hosted
- Available
- Self Hosted — Install or access
- https://docs.openwebui.com/Source: Home / Open WebUI
Developer access
- API access
- Available
Stack and integrations
- Model / provider dependencies
- Not yet reviewed
- Integrations
- Not yet reviewed
Data and regions
- Vendor data-use claim
- Not yet reviewed
- Vendor retention claim
- Not yet reviewed
- Regions
- Not yet reviewed
Launch and latest material update
- Launch
- Not yet reviewed
- Latest material update
- Not yet reviewed
Review history
- Open WebUI — Correction published
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Open WebUI is a self-hosted AI interface for working with Ollama, OpenAI-compatible APIs, and local or hosted models.
Where it fits
Open WebUI provides the interface through which you use a connected model or provider. Its documentation describes support for both local and cloud-based models. Your chosen connection therefore matters when assessing where a request goes and which provider terms apply. Open WebUI documentation.
Installation and offline use
The quick start offers Docker, Python, and desktop installation routes. For production deployments, the documentation directs users to Docker or Python. Open WebUI is designed to run offline, while also supporting connections to cloud providers; the offline description should be read alongside the provider and features you configure. Official installation guide.
What to check before choosing it
Identify the model or provider you will connect, its access requirements, and the deployment you intend to maintain. This record does not establish a universal model allowance, provider subscription, total operating cost, or Kingy performance benchmark.
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Launch History
Open WebUI v0.9.6 release
Open WebUI released v0.9.6 with knowledge-base sync, folder organization, filesystem tooling, permissions, and security-related fixes.
- Launch readiness
- 7.6 / 10
- Demo evidence
- Not scored yet
- Creator-story fit
- Not scored yet
Score definitions and rubric
These are launch-record readiness heuristics, not product ratings.
Launch readiness
How complete and reviewable the launch record is, not the quality of the product.
Inputs and weights: Launch date 15%; qualifying source 10%; what launched 10%; demo 15%; category 10%; audience 10%; editorial assessment 10%; traction evidence 10%; creator or audience fit 10%.
Evidence inputs: Reviewed launch metadata, public source links, demo links, taxonomy, audience, editorial notes, and recorded traction signals.
Demo evidence
Whether the record contains useful, reviewable demonstration evidence; it is not a rating of product output quality.
Inputs and weights: Working demo URL 45%; video walkthrough 25%; clear description of what launched 10%; audience 10%; editorial assessment 10%.
Evidence inputs: Demo and video URLs plus the reviewed launch description, audience, and editorial notes.
Creator-story fit
Whether a launch has enough demonstrable evidence and audience relevance for a useful creator story; it does not predict views or guarantee coverage.
Inputs and weights: Demo evidence 25%; visual creator category 15%; audience 15%; editorial assessment 15%; traction evidence 10%; pricing clarity 10%; API or open-weight evidence 10%.
Evidence inputs: Reviewed demo, category, audience, editorial, traction, pricing, API, and open-weight fields.
- Scale
- 0.0–10.0. A present qualifying input receives its published weight; a missing input receives zero. Scores are rounded to one decimal.
- Assigned by
- Suggested by the deterministic field-completeness helper and assigned or approved by a Kingy editorial reviewer.
- Rubric and check date
- Rubric version P0-2026-08-10. The record’s “Last verified” date is the score check date. Checked: 2026-06-24.
- Confidence and missing data
- Confidence depends on source completeness. “Not scored yet” means no reviewed value; “Needs review” means the value or score set failed validation.
- Freshness
- Recalculate after a material launch, source, demo, pricing, audience, or traction change and during the record freshness review.
- Disputes
- Use “Suggest a correction” on the record and cite the relevant evidence. Commercial relationships cannot buy or alter a score.
Open WebUI's v0.9.6 release adds knowledge-base sync, folder organization, filesystem tooling, permissions work, and security-related fixes, per the GitHub release (github.com/open-webui). Developers, Operators, and…