In short, it looks like Open WebUI does not work well with shimmy. In the interface the list of models is empty. On the shimmy side it looks like everything works fine.
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Originally created by @barseghyanartur on GitHub (Sep 23, 2025).
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Problem Description
Support shimmy
Related to this issue: https://github.com/Michael-A-Kuykendall/shimmy/issues/66#issuecomment-3321337638
In short, it looks like Open WebUI does not work well with shimmy. In the interface the list of models is empty. On the shimmy side it looks like everything works fine.
Open WebUI shows 0 models.
Desired Solution you'd like
Shimmy as backend works with Open WebUI.
Alternatives Considered
Stick to Ollama, which works really well.
Additional Context
System: macOs 15.7
Open WebUI version: 0.6.30
@tjbck commented on GitHub (Sep 23, 2025):
Open WebUI supports OpenAI compatible endpoints.