# A home ChatGPT with Ollama + Open WebUI

- URL: https://spark.tlec.top/en/plays/ollama-open-webui/
- Date: 2026-10-30
- category: chat
- difficulty: beginner
- vram: 8GB+
- source: https://docs.openwebui.com
- models: qwen3, llama3.1, gemma3
- tools: Ollama, Open WebUI, Docker
- platforms: mac, nvidia, cpu
- tags: getting-started, web-ui

> Get a multi-user, model-switching chat assistant with a web UI running on your own machine in ten minutes — usable from any phone on your LAN.

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## Setup

1. Install [Ollama](https://ollama.com/download) and pull a model:

```bash
ollama pull qwen3:8b
ollama run qwen3:8b "Introduce yourself in one sentence"
```

2. Start Open WebUI with Docker:

```bash
docker run -d -p 3000:8080 \
  --add-host=host.docker.internal:host-gateway \
  -v open-webui:/app/backend/data \
  --name open-webui ghcr.io/open-webui/open-webui:main
```

Open `http://localhost:3000`. The first account you register becomes the admin.

## Going further

- Create accounts for family members and reach it on your LAN at `http://<your-ip>:3000`
- Turn on Documents, upload PDFs and do simple knowledge-base Q&A
- Load two models side by side and compare their answers to the same prompt