> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.excl.ornl.gov/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.excl.ornl.gov/quick-start-guides/open-webui.md).

# Open WebUI

Link: [Open WebUI (Running on Zenith)](http://zenith.ftpn.ornl.gov:8084/)\
Website: [Open WebUI](https://openwebui.com/)\
Documentation: [🏡 Home | Open WebUI](https://docs.openwebui.com/)\
GitHub: [open-webui/open-webui: User-friendly AI Interface (Supports Ollama, OpenAI API, ...)](https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui)

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**Reminder**: You will need to re-do step 1 in [Setup FoxyProxy](https://docs.excl.ornl.gov/quick-start-guides/excl-remote-development#setup-foxyproxy) each time you want to connect to ExCL to form the Dynamic Proxy tunnel via SSH to the ExCL network.
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There is an Open WebUI server running on ExCL for developing and testing LLM models created with [Ollama](https://docs.excl.ornl.gov/quick-start-guides/ollama). In order to use the website you must first [Setup FoxyProxy](https://docs.excl.ornl.gov/quick-start-guides/excl-remote-development#setup-foxyproxy), then the above link will work. When you first access the page, you will be prompted to create a new account. This account is a unique account for this instance of Open WebUI and is not tied to anything else. After creating an account, send a message to Aaron Young or <excl-help@ornl.gov> to request your account to be ungraded to an admin account.


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