Open WebUI Holds GitHub Trending at 132K Stars — The Default Self-Hosted Interface for Ollama and OpenAI-Compatible Models
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Open WebUI continues trending on GitHub today at 132,606 stars as the most popular self-hosted AI interface supporting Ollama, OpenAI API, and compatible providers. Latest release v0.8.12 (March 27) added backend-proxied terminal connections to prevent API key exposure, improved admin model visibility, and tool call embed rendering. The project has become the default frontend for anyone running local LLMs.