Open WebUI changelog: January 2026

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Everything Open WebUI shipped in January 2026, collected from official Open WebUI sources. Each entry is dated and links to the page it came from.

January 2026 at a glance

January 2026 was Open WebUI's busiest month of the 3 we had tracked by then: 3 releases, close to its monthly average of 2. That was the same number as in December 2025. Every release this month was Developer Tools.

Releases

3

+0 vs December 2025

Rank of 3 months

1st

Average 2.3 a month

Most shipped

Developer Tools

3 releases

Notable Open WebUI launches in January 2026

  • Developer Tools

    v0.7.2

    v0.7.2 release includes database timeout fixes under high concurrency, prompt saving improvements, local Whisper STT support, faster evaluations page, and i18n label corrections.

    Source: Open WebUI GitHub Releases
  • Developer Tools

    v0.7.1

    Improved reliability for low-spec and SQLite deployments. Fixed page timeouts by disabling database session sharing by default, enhancing stability in resource-constrained environments.

    Source: Open WebUI GitHub Releases
  • Developer Tools

    v0.7.0

    v0.7.0 introduces native function calling, enhanced search capabilities, speed optimizations, and improved model management for developers.

    Source: Open WebUI GitHub Releases

All Open WebUI releases in January 2026

Newest first. Each entry links to the official page it came from.

January 20263 releases

v0.7.2

v0.7.2 release includes database timeout fixes under high concurrency, prompt saving improvements, local Whisper STT support, faster evaluations page, and i18n label corrections.

v0.7.1

Improved reliability for low-spec and SQLite deployments. Fixed page timeouts by disabling database session sharing by default, enhancing stability in resource-constrained environments.

Where January 2026 sits

Open WebUI releases per month, for January 2026 and the 2 months before it. A taller bar means more releases that month; the dated entries for each month are on its own page.

Other companies in January 2026

32 of the companies we track shipped in January 2026; Open WebUI ranks 11th by number of releases.

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