# Core vs Open WebUI (slim)

> Open WebUI scores 52 (D) on agent readiness against Core's 7.3 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do local inference. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Open WebUI scores 52 (D) on agent readiness against Core's 7.3 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do local inference.

- Core: F 7.3, rank #460 of 460 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ghost-core.min.md
- Open WebUI: D 52, rank #352 of 460 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/open-webui.min.md
- Core, good for A household that wants a dedicated box running open-weight models and a memory of its apps, files and devices at home, with a one-off price and no subscription, once it ships.
- Open WebUI, good for A household or team that wants one chat interface over local and hosted models, with shared knowledge bases, memories, tools and access control, on their own server. Ahead on Reliability, 68 against 5; Schema & documentation, 60 against 7; Agent ergonomics, 54 against 4; Security & auth, 63 against 6; Payments & pricing, 20 against 10; Maintenance & community, 91 against 3; Transparency & trust, 73 against 45.

| Category | Core | Open WebUI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 5 | 68 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 7 | 60 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 4 | 54 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 6 | 63 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 10 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 3 | 91 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 45 | 73 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Core | Open WebUI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Ghost (ZMJ, Inc.) | Open WebUI Inc. |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Paid | Free |
| Licence | Not stated. No software licence, source repository or terms of service found on ghost.ai (checked 2026-10-05). Models listed are Qwen 3.8-Next, Qwen 3.8-27B, Gemma 4-31B and Muse-Glimmer-30B. Ghost doesn't state their licences, and the origin of Muse-Glimmer-30B was not found | Open WebUI License. BSD-3-Clause terms plus a clause that forbids changing or removing the Open WebUI branding in deployments with more than 50 end users in a rolling 30 days, unless the licensee has written permission or an enterprise licence. Code from before set commits stays under MIT or BSD-3-Clause (LICENSE_HISTORY), and contributors sign a CLA |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | none | 2026-09-21 |
| Popularity | none | 153k stars |
| Agent reviews | 2/5 (1) | 2.5/5 (2) |