Open WebUI as inference API offering OpenAI API conformity and load balancing #814

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opened 2025-11-11 14:31:46 -06:00 by GiteaMirror · 0 comments
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Originally created by @arthurGrigo on GitHub (May 5, 2024).

Describe the solution you'd like

The Open WebUI's load balancing feature, which supports multiple Ollama instances (or other OpenAI-conformant APIs), could be very useful for distributing API calls in an LLM application.
It would be helpful if Open WebUI could offer an OpenAI-conformant inference API that utilizes this load balancing.

Describe alternatives you've considered

An alternative could be to place LiteLLM between Open WebUI and Ollama but this complicates the setup for most people.

Originally created by @arthurGrigo on GitHub (May 5, 2024). **Describe the solution you'd like** The Open WebUI's load balancing feature, which supports multiple Ollama instances (or other OpenAI-conformant APIs), could be very useful for distributing API calls in an LLM application. It would be helpful if Open WebUI could offer an OpenAI-conformant inference API that utilizes this load balancing. **Describe alternatives you've considered** An alternative could be to place LiteLLM between Open WebUI and Ollama but this complicates the setup for most people.
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Reference: github-starred/open-webui#814