# Open WebUI review

> User-friendly AI Interface (Supports Ollama, OpenAI API, ...)

Devtoolwatch Board, the week of Oct 25–31, 2026. Canonical page: https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/open-webui/

## Open WebUI at a glance

- **Category:** [Inference and training](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/categories/inference-and-training/)
- **Website:** [openwebui.com](https://openwebui.com)

## Usage data (the week of Oct 25–31, 2026)

- Board rank: #283 overall, #31 in Inference and training, momentum score 33
- Downloads that week: 158.6k (−17% vs 4-week average)
- New GitHub stars per week (last 12 weeks): Aug 9: 678; Aug 16: 808; Aug 23: 827; Aug 30: 760; Sep 6: 770; Sep 13: 798; Sep 20: 736; Sep 27: 672; Oct 4: 674; Oct 11: 1.9k; Oct 18: 779; Oct 25: 851

## Open WebUI alternatives

| Rank | Tool | Stars | Downloads/wk |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | [dsh-our-free-model](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/ebony-vinyl-dsh-our-free-model/) | 54.3k | – |
| #2 | [magpie](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/yetone-magpie/) | 26.9k | – |
| #3 | [Strata](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/niko1221-strata/) | 37.1k | – |
| #4 | [edge0](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/edge0-ai-edge0/) | 8.9k | – |
| #5 | [OmniRoute](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/diegosouzapw-omniroute/) | 83.2k | 106k |
| #6 | [CLIProxyAPI](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/router-for-me-cliproxyapi/) | 57.1k | – |

## Open WebUI FAQ

### How popular is Open WebUI?

Open WebUI has 157.4k GitHub stars as of Nov 1, 2026. It gained 851 new stars in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, against a 12-week average of 855 a week. Its main package had 158.6k downloads that week, −17% against its own 4-week average. That made it #31 among LLM inference and training tools on the Devtoolwatch Board.

### What are the best alternatives to Open WebUI?

Other LLM inference and training tools on the Devtoolwatch Board in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, by momentum: dsh-our-free-model (#1), magpie (#2), Strata (#3), edge0 (#4), OmniRoute (#5). The alternatives table above has their numbers.

## Sources

1. [Devtoolwatch Board, the week of Oct 25–31, 2026](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/)