LobeHub vs Open WebUI
LobeHub and Open WebUI are both AI assistants software. LobeHub is open source under a license set out in its repository, with 84k GitHub stars. Open WebUI is open source under a license set out in its repository, with 158k GitHub stars.
Which to pick
- Pick LobeHub when
- You want a polished multi-model chat and agent workspace, hosted or self-hosted.
- Pick Open WebUI when
- You run local or private models and want a full-featured chat front end for yourself or a team.
Side by side
An AI workspace for chatting with many model providers and organising agents that run scheduled tasks, with knowledge bases, plugins and MCP, as web, desktop or hosted service.
A self-hosted web interface for chatting with local models through Ollama or any OpenAI-compatible API, with RAG, tools, user management and pipelines.
Its community licence restricts commercial derivative works, and self-hosting the server version needs Postgres and object storage.
Its custom licence restricts removing Open WebUI branding for larger deployments, and it is still pre-1.0.
Production-ready (both)
Self-hosted server, cloud service and desktop app
Self-hosted server
TypeScript, Next.js, React, Drizzle and PostgreSQL
Python, Svelte and SvelteKit
Open source, license unclear on GitHub (both)
GitHub could not read the license. Check it in the repository before reusing any code. (both)
84k GitHub stars
158k GitHub stars
Established: started 3 years ago, latest release v2.3.0.
Established: started 3 years ago, latest release v0.12.5.
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from each project's README and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.