AnythingLLM vs Open WebUI
Side-by-side comparison of AnythingLLM and Open WebUI for local, private document Q&A.
| AnythingLLM | Open WebUI | |
|---|---|---|
| License | MIT | Custom (BSD-3 based, branding clause) |
| Latest release | v1.18.0 | v0.12.2 |
| Release date | 2026-10-13 | 2026-10-14 |
| Hardware | Desktop or Docker; built-in engine runs CPU or GPU (NVIDIA CUDA, AMD/Intel Vulkan) | Light server; LLM via Ollama unverified |
| Document types | PDF, DOCX, TXT, CSV, web pages, audio | PDF, DOCX, TXT, web unverified |
| OCR / tables / retrieval | Basic text extraction; built-in reranker unverified | Optional OCR/Docling/Tika extractors; hybrid search + rerank off by default |
| Cloud calls | None by default; optional cloud LLM/embedder providers | None by default |
| Fully offline | Yes | Yes |
| Status | Active | Active |
Last updated 2026-10-24. Fields marked unverified are summarized from docs and reviews and have not been checked against primary sources yet.
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