Start using OpenWebUI in 5 minutes with this 5 steps

Are you looking to get started with OpenWeb UI? Creating an isolated Python environment and installing OpenWeb UI is easier than you think. In this post, we’ll walk you through the process in just 5 simple steps.

But first, in case you are wondering, what is OpenWeb UI?

Open WebUI is an extensible, feature-rich, and user-friendly self-hosted AI platform designed to operate entirely offline. It supports various LLM runners like Ollama and OpenAI-compatible APIs, with built-in inference engine for RAG, making it a powerful AI deployment solution.

Here are the 5 simple steps:

Step 1: Create a Virtual Environment

To begin, you’ll need to create a virtual environment using venv. This can be done by running the following command in your terminal:

python3 -m venv venv

This will create a new virtual environment in a directory named venv.

Step 2: Activate the Virtual Environment

Next, you’ll need to activate the virtual environment. The command to do this varies depending on your operating system:

• On Linux/macOS: source venv/bin/activate
• On Windows…