Open WebUI: Admin Configuration Options in a Nutshell

The useful part

Open WebUI is a universal chat interface with connectivity to local or remote LLM providers, custom files, documents, and a knowledge base, with full customization of model capabilities. Application features are configured both personally for a user account and globally by admin users. This article continues the exploration of Open WebUI configuration and utilization.

How it works

• Following the extensive coverage of user features and settings, this article provides complete coverage of admin settings.
• Learn how to provide defaults for base models and connections, web search, and connections to a terminal code execution environment and built-in databases.
• Admin Configuration Entrypoint The admin user account has access to an additional settings dialog.
• The setup and configuration examples should also work with newer versions.
• It can be accessed by clicking the user icon and selecting Admin Panel.

What to take from it

The technical context of this article is Open WebUI v0.9.6, published on 2026-06-01. While I am fascinated by the capabilities of artificial intelligence tools and applications, crafting blog articles remains my personal skill. <img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fc0...

Details worth keeping

This article originally appeared at my blog admantium.com.