Project comparison
Compare adoption, momentum, maintenance health, and project basics before choosing which tool to evaluate deeper.
Python SDK, Proxy Server (AI Gateway) to call 100+ LLM APIs in OpenAI (or native) format, with cost tracking, guardrails, loadbalancing and logging. [Bedrock, Azure, OpenAI, VertexAI, Cohere, Anthropic, Sagemaker, HuggingFace, VLLM, NVIDIA NIM]
Best matched with other interface tools.
User-friendly AI Interface (Supports Ollama, OpenAI API, ...)
Best matched with other interface tools.
open-webui has the larger GitHub footprint with 153.9K stars.
open-webui is currently growing faster at +1.0K stars this week.
open-webui has the stronger automated maintenance signal at 93/100. This is not a security or fit verdict.
Use these signals to narrow your choice, then confirm setup, license, and fit upstream.
| Signal | LiteLLM | open-webui |
|---|---|---|
| Evidence status | Needs recheck· 2026-09-07 09:36 UTC | Verified snapshot· 2026-10-04 09:19 UTC |
| GitHub stars | 46.6K | 153.9K |
| Weekly growth | +814 | +1.0K |
| Health score | Strong89/100 | Strong93/100 |
| Contributors | 1.5K | 826 |
| Commits per week | 542.2 | 110.8 |
| Open issues | 3.0K | 234 |
| Language | Python | Python |
| License | NOASSERTION | NOASSERTION |
| Last commit | 2026-05-12 00:26 UTC | 2026-10-03 13:06 UTC |
| Last release | v1.83.14-stable.patch.3 | v0.9.5 |
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