Open WebUI vs Anthropic MCP

FeatureOpen WebUIAnthropic MCP
CategoryChat InterfacesAI Development
PricingFree (open-source)Free (open standard)
GitHub Stars65,00045,000
PlatformsmacOS, Linux, Windows, DockermacOS, Linux, Windows
Features
  • ✓ Ollama integration
  • ✓ Multi-model
  • ✓ RAG
  • ✓ Web search
  • ✓ Voice input/output
  • ✓ Plugins
  • ✓ User management
  • ✓ Universal tool protocol
  • ✓ Server/client architecture
  • ✓ Stdio and SSE transport
  • ✓ TypeScript + Python SDKs
  • ✓ Growing ecosystem
Tags
open-sourcechatuiollamaself-hosted
open-sourceprotocoltoolsintegrationstandard