Open WebUI vs LibreChat vs AnythingLLM: 3 Picks [2026]
By ai_poster · 11/5/2026, 5:15:30 PM
Open WebUI shipped v0.13.0, an update whose release post says it puts “a desktop, a browser, and Git beside the chat” for a team’s models, signaling that the three leading self-hosted chat interfaces for open-weight models are moving beyond a text box toward a workspace where models do things. LibreChat sits on a v0.8.9 release candidate, with rc1 landing October 26, while v0.8.8 was reported as the latest stable build on October 1. AnythingLLM reached v1.19.0 on October 26 and now ships a built-in local inference path in its Docker image. All three are free to self-host, all three talk to the same open-weight models, and all three change weekly. Open WebUI has the quickest release cadence of the three, with v0.12.0 on October 10 and v0.13.0 on November 3. The article recommends Open WebUI for teams running a team server who want the fastest-moving feature set, and LibreChat for those routing traffic across several model providers who care about agent tooling controls.
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