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cephvsOpen-WebUI

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

cephOpen-WebUI
Score78/10090/100
Rank in category#1 of 7 in Distributed Storage#3 of 125 in AI
GitHub stars17 180157 110
Stars, last 30 days+109+4 020
Stable releases, 12 months023
Latest release—v0.12.4 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherOther
Main languageCPython

Which one should you pick?

Open-WebUI scores 90/100 against 78/100 for ceph, so it is the safer default.

Open-WebUI ships more often: 23 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for ceph.

If you want the quickest setup, Open-WebUI is easier to run; ceph needs more configuration.

Open-WebUI is growing faster right now (+4 020 stars in 30 days).

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