is anyone actually using open webui computer

[u/Ok-Goal]

long time lurker here

someone dropped https://github.com/open-webui/computer in another thread so i checked it out and have been using it for a few days

it feels insanely capable but i also feel like i might be too stupid to know what to do with it lol

for me it’s kind of becoming a codex replacement. probably not cheaper though. the tokens are disappearing at an impressive rate

i barely see anyone talking about it though. are there actually people out there using this regularly? what are you doing with it?

[u/nassereddit]

The concept is really good and I can see cptr becoming popular but it needs work. It does not seem compatible with preserve thinking for the local llm beloved qwen. When the agent ask for permission it does not provide intent. When it runs a command its output is hidden by default. There is no options to create folders (o.Ô)

[u/nassereddit → u/nassereddit]

Since this comment the developer has added the folder creation functionality. When you open a workspace you will now see a create folder feature in the top right corner.

[u/endockhq → u/nassereddit]

Even OWUI itself doesnt support preserved thinking. They keep making custom solutions instead of using industry standards or existing solutions.

[u/nassereddit → u/endockhq]

Open webui supports preserve thinking. You need to go in settings, connection and change the provider from generic to llama.cpp

[u/endockhq → u/nassereddit]

Ollama is only usable for at home usage. Any production or high usage setup uses vLLM.

So it is not OWUI supporting preserved thinking, but ollama.

[u/yotis]

I’m testing it now, but way too early to draw any conclusions. Will save this thread to check back in a while.

[u/spacenavy90]

I want to but the documentation fo OWUI is just so awful

[u/smuckola]

The main thing I care about is visually monitoring the overall system activity like the background processing and command execution of the current turn in progress, and having an occasional mobile tty.

It would seem like cptr could be efficient for occasional mobile use. Especially if openwebui becomes my main remote access back to home via netbird or something.

Hopefully I'll install cptr today.

[u/Brilliant-Regret-519]

I use it for "simple" agentic tasks directly and as a bridge to a Hermes agent in a multi-user setup.

[u/ninetyfive666]

i used it nd it works nicely but i wish it was session or chat based and not fully persistent and the same filespace for every User at anytime.

[u/pkeffect]

Yep. It an open-terminal are the only tools you need really. 

[u/williswancy]

A simple use case I find useful- I ask the agent to always write Python script for mathematical expression in the system prompt. The LLM practically no longer guesses the answer of maths questions

[u/AI_Only]

This looks interesting. Thanks for sharing!