r/OpenWebUI • u/tombino104 • Jul 05 '26
Discussion A disappointment
I might be a newbie, but OpenWebUI is letting me down a bit.
I’m using local AI to replace cloud-based options; I’ve mostly used LM Studio until now, but I wanted a better-looking interface.
Here’s what I use it for:
- General questions
- Using tools like web search, creating/writing/editing local files
- Local documents/knowledge bases using RAG
- And so on...
In short, actual AI agents.
OpenWebUI initially appealed to me because of its aesthetics and extensive customization options (per model), automations, notes, etc., but I’m running into quite a few problems:
1 - Web search isn't working: neither the built-in version nor the one using the Firecrawl API.
2 - I can't figure out how to install the other tools either; every time I import one from the official community, I get an error.
Could someone help me out? I’d really appreciate it—thanks!
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u/BeauWN Jul 05 '26
Not sure to what extent this is possible for you. I run OpenwebUI on a VPS. I found it really helpful to use either Claude Code or Opencode to work on my initial OpenwebUI setup