[GH-ISSUE #24054] issue: why does open-webui install nvidia and other irreelvant packages and theres no way to disable it #58839

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opened 2026-05-06 00:16:09 -05:00 by GiteaMirror · 9 comments
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Originally created by @ghost on GitHub (Apr 23, 2026).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/issues/24054

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  • I have searched for any existing and/or related discussions.
  • I have also searched in the CLOSED issues AND CLOSED discussions and found no related items (your issue might already be addressed on the development branch!).
  • I am using the latest version of Open WebUI.

Installation Method

Git Clone

Open WebUI Version

latest

Ollama Version (if applicable)

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Operating System

any

Browser (if applicable)

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Confirmation

  • I have read and followed all instructions in README.md.
  • I am using the latest version of both Open WebUI and Ollama.
  • I have included the browser console logs.
  • I have included the Docker container logs.
  • I have provided every relevant configuration, setting, and environment variable used in my setup.
  • I have clearly listed every relevant configuration, custom setting, environment variable, and command-line option that influences my setup (such as Docker Compose overrides, .env values, browser settings, authentication configurations, etc).
  • I have documented step-by-step reproduction instructions that are precise, sequential, and leave nothing to interpretation. My steps:
  • Start with the initial platform/version/OS and dependencies used,
  • Specify exact install/launch/configure commands,
  • List URLs visited, user input (incl. example values/emails/passwords if needed),
  • Describe all options and toggles enabled or changed,
  • Include any files or environmental changes,
  • Identify the expected and actual result at each stage,
  • Ensure any reasonably skilled user can follow and hit the same issue.

Expected Behavior

install only required packages to allow spawns of simple remote open webui (openai compatible) web instances

Actual Behavior

install shit ton of useless packages:

Downloading psutil-7.2.2-cp36-abi3-manylinux2010_x86_64.manylinux_2_12_x86_64.manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl (155 kB)
Downloading pyarrow-20.0.0-cp313-cp313-manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl (42.3 MB)
   ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━╺━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 23.6/42.3 MB 23.4 MB/s eta 0:00:01ERROR: Could not install packages due to an OSError: [Errno 28] No space left on device

   ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━╺━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 23.6/42.3 MB 23.4 MB/s eta 0:00:01

literally wtf

Steps to Reproduce

any

Logs & Screenshots

any

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Originally created by @ghost on GitHub (Apr 23, 2026). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/issues/24054 ### Check Existing Issues - [x] I have searched for any existing and/or related issues. - [x] I have searched for any existing and/or related discussions. - [x] I have also searched in the CLOSED issues AND CLOSED discussions and found no related items (your issue might already be addressed on the development branch!). - [x] I am using the latest version of Open WebUI. ### Installation Method Git Clone ### Open WebUI Version latest ### Ollama Version (if applicable) _No response_ ### Operating System any ### Browser (if applicable) _No response_ ### Confirmation - [x] I have read and followed all instructions in `README.md`. - [x] I am using the latest version of **both** Open WebUI and Ollama. - [x] I have included the browser console logs. - [x] I have included the Docker container logs. - [x] I have **provided every relevant configuration, setting, and environment variable used in my setup.** - [x] I have clearly **listed every relevant configuration, custom setting, environment variable, and command-line option that influences my setup** (such as Docker Compose overrides, .env values, browser settings, authentication configurations, etc). - [x] I have documented **step-by-step reproduction instructions that are precise, sequential, and leave nothing to interpretation**. My steps: - Start with the initial platform/version/OS and dependencies used, - Specify exact install/launch/configure commands, - List URLs visited, user input (incl. example values/emails/passwords if needed), - Describe all options and toggles enabled or changed, - Include any files or environmental changes, - Identify the expected and actual result at each stage, - Ensure any reasonably skilled user can follow and hit the same issue. ### Expected Behavior install only required packages to allow spawns of simple remote open webui (openai compatible) web instances ### Actual Behavior install shit ton of useless packages: ``` Downloading psutil-7.2.2-cp36-abi3-manylinux2010_x86_64.manylinux_2_12_x86_64.manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl (155 kB) Downloading pyarrow-20.0.0-cp313-cp313-manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl (42.3 MB) ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━╺━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 23.6/42.3 MB 23.4 MB/s eta 0:00:01ERROR: Could not install packages due to an OSError: [Errno 28] No space left on device ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━╺━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 23.6/42.3 MB 23.4 MB/s eta 0:00:01 ``` literally wtf ### Steps to Reproduce any ### Logs & Screenshots any ### Additional Information _No response_
GiteaMirror added the bug label 2026-05-06 00:16:09 -05:00
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Apr 23, 2026):

it cant even fit within 4gb of free space

<!-- gh-comment-id:4308495836 --> @ghost commented on GitHub (Apr 23, 2026): it cant even fit within 4gb of free space
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Apr 23, 2026):

https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/issues/15089

<!-- gh-comment-id:4308812941 --> @ghost commented on GitHub (Apr 23, 2026): https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/issues/15089
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Apr 23, 2026):

https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/issues/11901

<!-- gh-comment-id:4308813455 --> @ghost commented on GitHub (Apr 23, 2026): https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/issues/11901
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Apr 23, 2026):

https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/discussions/7034

<!-- gh-comment-id:4308818523 --> @ghost commented on GitHub (Apr 23, 2026): https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/discussions/7034
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Apr 23, 2026):

https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/issues/11897

<!-- gh-comment-id:4308837821 --> @ghost commented on GitHub (Apr 23, 2026): https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/issues/11897
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@Classic298 commented on GitHub (Apr 23, 2026):

Install the slim version it specifically exists for that

Read the docs before you open an issue

<!-- gh-comment-id:4308873382 --> @Classic298 commented on GitHub (Apr 23, 2026): Install the slim version it specifically exists for that Read the docs before you open an issue
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@Classic298 commented on GitHub (Apr 23, 2026):

And stop opening issues and calling this a "shit repo" without even reading the docs. This is abusive and spammy behaviour and will not be tolerated.

<!-- gh-comment-id:4308876780 --> @Classic298 commented on GitHub (Apr 23, 2026): And stop opening issues and calling this a "shit repo" without even reading the docs. This is abusive and spammy behaviour and will not be tolerated.
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Apr 23, 2026):

And stop opening issues and calling this a "shit repo" without even reading the docs

so you think hiding uvx anywhere but readme of a GIT repo is a good idea? what do people do on github? they clone repo and run it, you've got every single type of deploy but simplest cd folder && pip install requirements && python3...

i had to search thru 3-5 pages on docs, then click tabs just to find out that there's an UV way of installing things

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slim

how's slim version of a docker file related to pip install in any way?

Read the docs before you open an issue

I've read the docs and read the issues before opening it, its just another attempt to bring to attention what's been abandoned 2 years ago (2024)

<!-- gh-comment-id:4308930458 --> @ghost commented on GitHub (Apr 23, 2026): > And stop opening issues and calling this a "shit repo" without even reading the docs so you think hiding uvx anywhere but readme of a GIT repo is a good idea? what do people do on github? they clone repo and run it, you've got every single type of deploy but simplest cd folder && pip install requirements && python3... i had to search thru 3-5 pages on docs, then click tabs just to find out that there's an UV way of installing things <img width="1112" height="512" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3b0ccfd4-507f-41f9-8a93-00dd3a79541b" /> > slim how's slim version of a docker file related to pip install in any way? > Read the docs before you open an issue I've read the docs and read the issues before opening it, its just another attempt to bring to attention what's been abandoned 2 years ago (2024)
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Apr 23, 2026):

https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/discussions/12801#discussioncomment-14278375

ps im not even sure if the comment is relevant

but considering:
Last pushed

almost 2 years by relaximus

<!-- gh-comment-id:4308945085 --> @ghost commented on GitHub (Apr 23, 2026): https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/discussions/12801#discussioncomment-14278375 ps im not even sure if the comment is relevant but considering: Last pushed almost 2 years by [relaximus](https://hub.docker.com/u/relaximus)
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Reference: github-starred/open-webui#58839