Model picker
Every model ubc now serves appears in the Open WebUI model dropdown.
Integration · Open WebUI
Back Open WebUI with ubc now.
Open WebUI is a self-hosted chat front end. Add ubc now as an OpenAI connection and serve frontier models to your instance on a free daily budget.
What works
Supported in Open WebUI.
Open WebUI treats ubc now as a standard OpenAI provider, so its core features work unchanged:
Streaming chat
Responses stream token-by-token through the OpenAI-compatible route.
Multiple connections
Run ubc now alongside your other OpenAI-style backends.
Setup
Connect in a few steps.
Mint a ubc now key
Mint a key at /api-keys. One key can back a whole Open WebUI instance, so treat it like a server secret.
Add an OpenAI connection
In Open WebUI: Admin Settings → Connections → OpenAI API → add a connection. Set the API Base URL and key.
ubc now connection
OPENAI_BASE_URL=https://ubcnow.ai/v1OPENAI_API_KEY=ubc_sk_…
Or configure it via environment
Running in Docker? Set the connection through env vars instead of the UI.
docker-compose / .env
OPENAI_API_BASE_URL=https://ubcnow.ai/v1OPENAI_API_KEY=ubc_sk_…
Refresh and select a model
Save the connection, refresh models, and pick a ubc now model in a new chat.
Examples
Copy, paste, run.
Verify the connection serves models
Open WebUI populates its dropdown from the /models endpoint. Confirm it responds.
List the models ubc now serves
curl https://ubcnow.ai/v1/models \-H "Authorization: Bearer ubc_sk_…"
Troubleshooting
If something's off.
No models show up after adding the connection
Open WebUI lists models from the /models route. Confirm the Base URL ends in /v1 (i.e. https://ubcnow.ai/v1) and that the key is valid, then hit the refresh icon.
401 Unauthorized
Your key must be an active ubc now key (it starts with ubc_sk_). Mint or re-mint one at /api-keys, and make sure it is sent as a Bearer token, not pasted into a username field.
402 / budget exhausted
You have spent your daily token allowance. It resets at 00:00 UTC. Image and chat usage both draw from the same daily pool.
Model not found
Use an exact model id from https://ubcnow.ai/v1/models — copy it verbatim. ubc now does not alias OpenAI model names like "gpt-4o"; pick one of the models it actually serves.
Self-host the chat, not the bill.
Point Open WebUI at ubc now and serve frontier models for free.