Apologies for my hiatus, obviously there are “reasons”.

This is a way to relatively quickly get a private and local AI, ChatGPT’esk setup on your Windows 10 machine – I tested on my laptop (my laptop = Intel i7-11375H / 64GB RAM, 99% sure CPU used only) – and, found it works pretty much as well (if not quicker) than ChatGPT, or other solutions.

In this guide, we’ll walk through the process of setting up Open WebUI, a ChatGPT-like interface that allows you to interact with Ollama/llama3.2, an AI “model” provided by Meta aka Facebook.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure you have:

1. Python 3.11.x: This version of Python is required for Open WebUI to work properly (I used V3.11.9). You can download it from the official website: https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/
2. Admin privileges: You’ll need to run Command Prompt or PowerShell as an administrator to install Open WebUI. Type CMD in search box, and click on “Run as Administrator”
3. Basic computer knowledge: This guide assumes you have basic understanding of computers and operating systems, and courage to tackle using command line (bar is pretty low here, TBH).

Step 1: Install Python and Open WebUI

1. Download the specified version of Python from the official website.
2. Run the installer and select “all users” during the installation process to ensure that Python is installed for both user and system accounts.
3. Make sure the Python install directory and scripts directory have been added to your system’s PATH environment variable (user and system). In search box on Windows type “environment variables”.
4. Open Command Prompt or PowerShell and run the following commands as an administrator:

pip install open-webui
open-webui serve

This will start Open WebUI on http://localhost:8080 which you can access from your browser. Go there and setup a local account.

Step 2: Install Ollama

1. Head over to the official Ollama website: https://ollama.com/
2. Click on “Download” and follow the installation instructions.

Step 3: Configure Ollama Model llama3.2 to Work With OpenWebUI

1. In OpenWebUI, Settings -> Admin settings section, Go to Models. A JSON file is required for llama3.2. Mine was located at:

C:\Users\%username%\.ollama\models\manifests\registry.ollama.ai\library\llama3.2\latest

2. Update the model file with your own Ollama/llama3.2, model JSON file.
3. Click “Save” to save your changes.

Step 4: Start Chatting!

1. Go back to the chat screen in Open WebUI and select your preferred Ollama model (e.g., “llama3.2”).
2. You’re now ready to start chatting with Ollama!

That’s it! With these simplified steps, you should be able to self-host Ollama on Windows using Open WebUI.

Hold the press …

You can also integrate Web and search, here in Admin settings :

Although, I wouldn’t recommend 50 in Search Result Count, maybe 3-10, maybe up to 30.

Finally – This is just the basics – OpenWebUI usage has grown exponentially this year, and, it is capable of much more powerful things – head over to OpenWebUI.com check it out.

Don Charisma

Full disclosure – I used this setup to help me improve my original draft of this post, generate Tags and WordPress Excerpt.

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