Open WebUI
AI interface platform
Details
The project is provided under a custom license which limits modification and distribution.
The project has gone through a number of changes to its license, with the path being: Apache 2.0, MIT, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, MIT (again), BSD 3-clause, and then to the current license.
The project advertises itself as open source in its docs, with attempted explanation regarding being “open source”, essentially saying they’re more open than other commercial models.
In their team page, they state:
However, if you fundamentally disagree with our direction, one of the key benefits of our open-source license is the freedom to fork the project and implement your preferred approach.
But their current license largely hinders the ability for forks to survive, due to requirements to retain branding.
The license was raised as an issue on GitHub which the project author responded to doubling down on their decision.
The project appears to be funded by advertising sponsors, donations via GitHub sponsors, and enterprise support.