---
title: "Self-Hosted Private LLM using Ollama and Open WebUI"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/self-hosted-private-llm-using-ollama-and-open-webui-i04yzausi
source_url: https://www.gettingstarted.ai/self-host-llm/
type: article
source: "Getting started with AI"
published: 2025-07-28T14:42:45.349Z
updated: 2025-07-28T14:43:07.228Z
tags: ["docker", "llm", "privacy", "self-hosting", "ollama"]
reading_time: 5
upvotes: 64
comments: 1
language: en
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Self-Hosted Private LLM using Ollama and Open WebUI

**[Getting started with AI](https://daily.dev/sources/gettingstartedai)** · 5 min read · 64 upvotes · 1 comments

## Summary

Learn how to set up a private, self-hosted ChatGPT alternative using Ollama and Open WebUI with Docker. This tutorial covers creating a local AI chatbot that runs entirely on your machine, protecting your data privacy while providing a familiar web interface. The guide includes Docker Compose configuration, model selection and installation, and step-by-step setup instructions for a complete offline AI solution.

## Full article

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@pablomena** · 0 upvotes

> why not use vLLM?

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Tags: [#docker](https://daily.dev/tags/docker), [#llm](https://daily.dev/tags/llm), [#privacy](https://daily.dev/tags/privacy), [#self-hosting](https://daily.dev/tags/self-hosting), [#ollama](https://daily.dev/tags/ollama)

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