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text-generation-webui

Run local LLMs with a powerful web interface — text, vision, tool-calling, and OpenAI-compatible API

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Overview

text-generation-webui (also known as oobabooga) is an open-source desktop application for running large language models locally. It supports text generation, vision (multimodal), tool-calling, and provides an OpenAI/Anthropic-compatible API — all 100%% private. With 47k+ GitHub stars, it is one of the most popular local LLM interfaces, supporting models like Llama, Mistral, Gemma, and thousands more from Hugging Face. Features include chat mode, notebook mode, custom extensions, GPU acceleration (CUDA, ROCm, Metal), LoRA/QLoRA training, and a built-in one-click installer for Windows, Linux, and macOS.

Requirements

Min vCPU
2
Min RAM
4096 MB
Min Disk
10 GB
Rec vCPU
4
Rec RAM
8192 MB
Rec Disk
20 GB

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Docker Compose

# Generated by Run This Ai — docker-compose.yml
services:
  text-generation-webui:
    image: atinoda/text-generation-webui:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - 8080:8080
    volumes:
      - ./data/text-generation-webui:/data

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Guides & articles

How to Deploy text-generation-webui with Docker on Your Own Server

Step-by-step Docker deployment guide for text-generation-webui (oobabooga) — run local LLMs with GPU support in a containerized environment.

Jun 27, 2026

Getting Started with text-generation-webui: Your Local LLM Powerhouse

A comprehensive guide to text-generation-webui (oobabooga) — the leading open-source web interface for running local LLMs with chat, vision, tool-calling, and an OpenAI-compatible API.

Jun 27, 2026