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Open WebUI vs Ollama
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Measured differences - no winner is declared
Products (2)
| Attribute | Open WebUI | Ollama |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Open WebUI | Ollama |
| Type | Open source | Open source |
| Popularity rank | #64 3places up | #5 unchanged |
| Trend 7d | +3% | -4% |
| Momentum 30d | +90% | +9% |
| Wikipedia views 28d | — | 27K |
| HN stories 28d | 1 | 17 |
| Entry price | — | —Not verified |
| Free tier | Unknown | Yes |
| Enterprise plan | Unknown | No |
| Open source | Yes (Open WebUI License (BSD-3 based)) | Yes (MIT) |
| Deployment | local | local |
| Platforms | — | macOS, Windows, Linux |
| Text | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reasoning | – | – |
| Coding | – | – |
| Image generation | – | – |
| Video generation | – | – |
| Speech | – | – |
| Web search | – | – |
| Deep research | – | – |
| Agents | – | – |
| Computer use | – | – |
| File analysis | – | – |
| Memory | – | – |
| API | – | ✓ |
| Local / offline | ✓ | ✓ |
| Linked models | — | — |
| GitHub stars | 153,500 | 181,895 |
| Launched | — | Jul 2023 |
| Last tracked event | — | — |
| Price data freshness | Not verified | Not verified |
Popularity rank over time
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