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Guides for self-hosting Open WebUI: Docker installs, connecting an Ollama backend, retrieval behaviour, and sizing VRAM before you pull a model.
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Open WebUI No Models Available: Why the List Is Empty
Open WebUI shows no models? Check the backend for a pulled model, the connection URL, saved settings, model filters, user access and API discovery.
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Open WebUI RAG Document Upload: From File to Answer
Follow an Open WebUI document from upload through extraction, embeddings and retrieval, then configure Knowledge and diagnose missing answers.
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How to Update Open WebUI Container: Docker Guide
How to update the Open WebUI container without losing chats: back up the volume, pull, recreate, pin a version tag, and roll back when a release breaks.
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Open WebUI vs LibreChat: Which to Self-Host
A documentation-level comparison of Open WebUI and LibreChat: install footprint, configuration model, model connections, retrieval and licensing terms.
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Open WebUI Not Connecting to Ollama? 4 Causes and Fixes
Fix an empty Open WebUI model list by checking Ollama's bind address, Docker's host URL, saved connection settings, and endpoint timeouts.
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Install Open WebUI With Docker: Setup Guide
How to install Open WebUI with Docker: which image tag to run, the volume that holds everything, GPU flags, the first admin account, and safe updates.
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Open WebUI and Local Models: How the Pieces Fit Together
What Open WebUI actually does, how it connects to a local model backend, and how retrieval, embeddings and context limits interact in practice.