Updating Open WebUI

Open WebUI is constantly updated. You can decide whether you want to update or not. You can see what features are updated in each new version!

To update, you cannot just download the latest version. You have to download and integrate into the docker container. It sounds complex but it is actually only three simple steps.

Updating Open WebUI

It is actually really simple if we use the manual update approach. But you do have to use the terminal to do this

There are three lines of code you have to run one at a time in terminal.

Step 1: Open your terminal screen

  1. For mac, this will be the terminal app

  2. For windows, you can also find the app or run the following:

  • Open the Run tool by pressing ⊞ Win + R

  • Type cmd in the Run window

  • Click OK in the Run window


Step 2: Go this URL

Go to the URL below to get the three lines of code.

Instructions to update Open WebUI at https://docs.openwebui.com/getting-started/updating/.

Step 3: In “Manual Update” section, use these lines of codes in Terminal

Run each code one at a time, i.e. do the first code, then wait for it finish before running the next.

The 2) code will take the longest because it will be downloading the latest software of Open WebUI.