Power Open WebUI with
the best open-source models
Use Kyma as your Open WebUI connection. Active models, auto-failover, free to start. No OpenAI or Anthropic key needed.
Best Open Models
Qwen 3.6 Plus for everyday chat, Kimi K2.6 for agentic tools, DeepSeek V4 Pro for reasoning — all in one model selector.
Auto-Failover
Multi-route redundancy behind one endpoint. If a route is slow, Kyma switches automatically — zero downtime for your chats.
OpenAI-Compatible
Open WebUI's OpenAI API connection works perfectly with Kyma. Just set the API Base URL and key — no plugins needed.
Recommended Models for Open WebUI
Ranked by quality, context length, and value for everyday chat and reasoning.
Alibaba's flagship. Highest quality all-rounder with strong reasoning — the best default model to pin in Open WebUI.
qwen-3.6-plus131K context
Moonshot's newest. 262K context with top agentic tool use — ideal when you wire Open WebUI tools and function calling.
kimi-k2.6262K context
DeepSeek's 1.6T MoE flagship with 1M context. Best for deep reasoning and long-document analysis inside Open WebUI.
deepseek-v4-pro1M context
Google's open multimodal model. Lowest cost per token and supports images — great for everyday chats and vision tasks.
gemma-4-31bLowest cost
Setup in 30 Seconds
1. Get your free API key → 2. Follow the steps below → 3. Start chatting in Open WebUI.
1. Open Open WebUI → click your avatar → Settings 2. Go to Admin Settings → Connections → OpenAI API 3. Add a connection with these values: API Base URL: https://kymaapi.com/v1 API Key: ky-xxxxx (get yours at kymaapi.com) 4. Click Save (or the verify icon to test the connection). Kyma models now appear in the model selector at the top of any chat. Pick qwen-3.6-plus and start chatting.
# docker run / docker-compose environment OPENAI_API_BASE_URL=https://kymaapi.com/v1 OPENAI_API_KEY=ky-xxxxx # Then restart Open WebUI. The Kyma connection is # pre-loaded and models show up in the selector. # Default chat model id: qwen-3.6-plus
Pro Tips
Pick the right model for the task to get the best results and lowest cost.
Pin qwen-3.6-plus as your default for high-quality general chat and reasoning
Switch to deepseek-v4-pro for deep reasoning and long documents (1M context)
Use gemma-4-31b to save costs on simple questions and image inputs
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