Guild AI vs Open WebUI

Guild AI and Open WebUI (On a mission to build the best AI user interface.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Open WebUI (rank #189) holds a meaningful lead over Guild AI (rank #763) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (50 vs 29). The gap of 21 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Open WebUI is clearly ahead of Guild AI. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Open WebUI is ahead of Guild AI. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Open WebUI is clearly ahead of Guild AI. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Open WebUI is clearly ahead of Guild AI. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Open WebUI is clearly ahead of Guild AI.

Guild AI carries 1,003 GitHub stars across 29 public repos, with 0 repositories active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors on record. Open WebUI shows 159,650 stars across 25 public repos, 12 active in the last 90 days and 198 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Open WebUI's footprint is roughly 159.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Guild AI is worth a look for teams already invested in its stack. Open WebUI looks better where momentum is the deciding factor. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.