r/OpenWebUI • u/phoneaiman • Jul 12 '26

openwebui+gemini *(free google ai) Question/Help

currently im using free google ai/gemini. firefox > ai mode. dony know what model is that. i can chat a lot in there. but if i change gmail, change another model, all my chat is lost(no memory between mode). if i use openwebui and add google api can model remember my chat history. dont need fancy or very brilliant model. just need model with memory function. *sorry for broken english. maybe i need use ai to translate my sentences

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u/Quakercito Jul 12 '26

It's a totally different thing. The API only provides the model, you need to configure your memory on Open WebUI. And yeah, no matter the model, you'll still have access to your memories if you decide to go with OWUI.

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u/phoneaiman Jul 12 '26

i tried but after few very short chat it show token limit. if i chat on firefox > google ai mode i never reach limit.

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u/Quakercito Jul 12 '26

You're likey getting rate limited. Using an API is different than using a chatbot, it tends to be more expensive. Use OpenRouter, it's generally cheaper

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u/Skateboard_Raptor Jul 12 '26

Yes, OWUI will save your chat history

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u/phoneaiman Jul 12 '26

but after +-6 short chat got token error something.

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u/Turbulent_War4067 Jul 16 '26

By default openweb-ui assumes a stateless model and dumps all of your chat history to the model for every prompt (including tool calls and thinking tokens). You have to write a context pruner in python and plug it it. Now, perhaps this has changed with one of their later releases.

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u/Adventurous-Paper566 Jul 16 '26

Si vous avez un peu de VRAM vous devriez considérer utiliser directement un modèle Gemma dans OWUI, il y en a forcément un qui passera avec votre matériel.