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Self-GPT: Open WebUI + Ollama = Self Hosted ChatGPT (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/selfhosted

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Instructions here: https://github.com/ghobs91/Self-GPT

If you’ve ever wanted a ChatGPT-style assistant but fully self-hosted and open source, Self-GPT is a handy script that bundles Open WebUI (chat interface front end) with Ollama (LLM backend).

Privacy & Control: Unlike ChatGPT, everything runs locally, so your data stays with you—great for those concerned about data privacy.
Cost: Once set up, self-hosting avoids monthly subscription fees. You’ll need decent hardware (ideally a GPU), but there’s a range of model sizes to fit different setups.
Flexibility: Open WebUI and Ollama support multiple models and let you switch between them easily, so you’re not locked into one provider.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Thank you! Very useful. I am, again, surprised how a better way of asking questions affects the answers almost as much as using a better model.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Indeed, quite surprising. You got to "stroke their fur the right way" so to speak haha

Also, I'm increasingly more impressed with the rapid progress reaching open-weights models: initially I was playing with Llama3.1-8B which is already quite useful for simple querries. Then lately I've been trying out Mistral-Nemo (12B) and Mistrall-Small (22B) and they are quite much more capable. I have a 12GB GPU and so far those are the most powerful models I can run decently. I'm using them to help me in writing tasks for ansible, learning the inner workings of the Linux kernel and some bootloader stuff. I find them quite helpful!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I'm just in the beginning, but my plan is to use it to evaluate policy docs. There is so much context to keep up with, so any way to load more context into the analysis will be helpful. Learning how to add excel information in the analysis will also be a big step forward.

I will have to check out Mistral:) So far Qwen2.5 14B has been the best at providing analysis of my test scenario. But i guess an even higher parameter model will have its advantages.