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 "generated": "2026-10-25",
 "id": "open-webui-open-webui--chat-with-your-documents-using-local-rag",
 "repo": "open-webui/open-webui",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui",
 "repo_slug": "open-webui-open-webui",
 "title": "Chat with your own documents using local RAG",
 "page_title": "How to chat with your own documents using local RAG with Open WebUI",
 "summary": "Load documents into a chat or your library and ask questions answered from them.",
 "who": "A researcher or small team that wants answers grounded in their own files without a cloud service.",
 "problem": "Cloud document chat tools require uploading private files.",
 "outcome": "Answers drawn from your documents with hybrid search and reranking, on your server.",
 "steps": [
  "Upload documents to the library or a chat",
  "Pull them into a conversation with the # command",
  "Ask questions; retrieval uses hybrid BM25 and vector search with reranking",
  "Add web search from a provider such as SearXNG if you want fresh results too"
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "In my open-webui/open-webui, create a knowledge collection from <documents>, then answer <question> citing which document each point came from.",
 "agents": [
  "any"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Beginner",
 "time": "20 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "",
 "category": "Personal productivity",
 "tags": [
  "Personal productivity"
 ],
 "lang": "python",
 "requirements": [
  "Docker, or Python with pip",
  "Ollama for local models, or an OpenAI-compatible API key",
  "A GPU is optional (the :cuda image uses it)"
 ],
 "risk": "none",
 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [],
 "best": false,
 "score": 0.9,
 "evidence": [],
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 "disclaimer": "Deduped lists open-source repositories that belong to other people. We do not own, maintain, audit, or vouch for any of them, and a repo appearing here is not an endorsement or a safety check. The use cases, steps, and prompts are written by AI and may be incomplete, outdated, or just wrong. Where a use case is marked \"Seen in the wild\", we link to public posts where someone described something similar, but we have not verified those posts and the use case itself is still our AI's own write-up. Use all of this at your own risk. Only run code, commands, or agents on systems and accounts you are authorized to use, and read the code and every command before you run it, especially anything that touches credentials, files, or the network. Nothing here is professional, security, legal, or financial advice. All trademarks and project names belong to their respective owners, and their use here does not imply affiliation. Content is provided as is, without warranties of any kind. Found a mistake, a safety problem, or something you want removed? Email hello@dedupedai.com and we will look at it promptly.",
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