Open WebUI alternatives (2026)

Open WebUI is a personal agents tool: Self-hosted, offline-capable AI platform with a chat interface for Ollama and OpenAI-compatible models, plus tools, pipelines and agent features. Pricing, as the maker states it: Source-available. Its GitHub repo has 156,022 stars. We found 70 tools in the directory that do overlapping work (personal assistance); 43 of them are open source and 9 list a free or freemium plan. Below are the 10 closest, ranked by how many tasks and sub-tasks they share with Open WebUI, then by GitHub stars.

1. AnythingLLM (Open source + cloud): Local-first desktop and server app for chatting with your documents, running agents and connecting any LLM. Consider it because it is open source, so you can self-host and inspect it; it also covers RAG and documents and computer and desktop control.
2. Nanobot (Open source): Ultra-lightweight, self-hosted personal agent framework in Python with a web UI, tools, memory and MCP support. Consider it because it is open source, so you can self-host and inspect it; it is aimed at developers who want to build on it; it also covers memory and agent frameworks and SDKs.
3. LibreChat (Open source): Self-hosted, multi-user AI chat platform with agents, MCP, skills, code interpreter and support for OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, AWS, Azure and many more providers. Consider it because it is open source, so you can self-host and inspect it; it also covers rules, skills and config.
4. Jan (Open source): Open-source ChatGPT alternative that downloads and runs LLMs fully offline on your computer, with optional connections to cloud models. Consider it because it is open source, so you can self-host and inspect it.
5. QwenPaw (Open source): Personal AI assistant you can install locally or in the cloud, connected to multiple chat channels. Consider it because it is open source, so you can self-host and inspect it.
6. agenticSeek (Open source): Fully local autonomous agent that browses, codes and plans without paid APIs. Consider it because it is open source, so you can self-host and inspect it; it is aimed at developers who want to build on it; it also covers planning and task tracking.
7. Screenpipe (Source-available + cloud): Records your screen and audio locally so AI agents can search and act on your computer history. Consider it because it is aimed at developers who want to build on it; it also covers computer and desktop control.
8. Leon (Open source): Open-source personal assistant that runs on your own server. Consider it because it is open source, so you can self-host and inspect it; it is aimed at developers who want to build on it; it also covers personal assistants.
9. Eigent (Open source): Open-source cowork desktop app that runs multi-agent workflows locally. Consider it because it is open source, so you can self-host and inspect it; it also covers computer and desktop control and workflow automation.
10. Octop (Open source): Self-hosted, multi-user AI assistant with multiple agents. Consider it because it is open source, so you can self-host and inspect it; it also covers running many agents in parallel.

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Alternatives are picked from directory data only: same category plus shared tasks and sub-tasks. Pricing is as each maker states it; GitHub stars as recorded on each listing.