Open CoreUI - A rewritten Open WebUI in Rust, significantly reducing memory and resource usage, requiring no dependency services, no Docker, with both a server version and a Tauri-based desktop client
Open CoreUI, a lightweight implementation of Open WebUI
Features
- A desktop client with a single executable download to get started
- Use original frontend
- No Docker, Python, PostgreSQL, Redis dependencies required
- Lower memory footprint compared to original version (much lower)
- Lower hardware requirements compared to original version
- Better performance with Rust backend server compared to original version
| Publisher | xxnuo |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.9.6 |
| Release date | 2025-11-17 |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Installer type | portable |
| Architecture | x64, arm64 |
| Package ID | xxnuo.OpenCoreUI |
| Dependencies | Microsoft.VCRedist.2015+.x64 |
winget install --id=xxnuo.OpenCoreUI -ewinget upgrade --id=xxnuo.OpenCoreUI -ewinget uninstall --id=xxnuo.OpenCoreUI -eOpen CoreUI adds this command to the command line: open-coreui.
Yes. Open CoreUI is free and open-source software released under the Apache-2.0 license.
The latest version is 0.9.6, released on Nov 17, 2025.
The download button links to the official installer published on github.com, the same file Windows Package Manager installs. You can verify the downloaded file by comparing its SHA-256 checksum with a64591ac63a0db8084e3da243b081f70ff64363e0e4d43144aab174dc61db72c.
Open CoreUI runs on Windows and is available for 64-bit (x64), ARM64 systems.
Open Settings › Apps › Installed apps, find Open CoreUI and select Uninstall. From the command line, run winget uninstall --id=xxnuo.OpenCoreUI -e.
Yes. Open CoreUI is available as a portable program (open-coreui-0.9.6-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.exe, 64-bit (x64)) that runs without installation. Copy it to any folder or USB drive and run it from there.
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