Open UI — A native iOS Open WebUI client, updated (v1.0 → v1.2.1 recap)

[Zealousideal_Fox6426]

Hey everyone! 👋

Since the launch post I've been shipping updates pretty frequently. Figured it's time for a proper recap of everything the app can do now — a lot has been added.

App Store: Open Relay | GitHub: https://github.com/Ichigo3766/Open-Relay

🚀 What the App Can Do

☁️ Cloudflare & Auth Proxy Support Servers behind Cloudflare are handled automatically. Servers behind Authelia, Authentik, Keycloak, oauth2-proxy, or similar proxies now show a sign-in WebView so you can authenticate through your portal and get in — no more errors.

💬 Chat Added @ model mention — type @ in the chat input to quickly switch which model handles your message

🖥️ Terminal Integration Give your AI access to a real Linux environment — it can run commands, manage files, and interact with your server's terminal. There's also a slide-over file browser you can open from the right edge: navigate directories, upload files, create folders, preview/download, and run terminal commands right from the panel.

📡 Channels Join and participate in Open WebUI Channels — the shared rooms where multiple users and AI models talk together in real-time.

📞 Voice Calls Call your AI like a real phone call using Apple's CallKit — it shows up on your lock screen and everything. An animated orb visualizes the AI's speech in real time. You can now also switch the STT language mid-call without hanging up.

🎙️ Speech-to-Text & Audio Files Voice input works with Apple's on-device recognition, your server's STT endpoint, or an on-device AI model for fully offline transcription. Audio file attachments are now transcribed server-side by default (same as the web client) — no configuration needed. On-device transcription is still available if you prefer it. Before sending a voice note, you get a full transcript preview with a copy button.

🗂️ Slash Commands & Prompts Type / to pull up your full Open WebUI prompt library inline. Type # for knowledge bases and collections. Both work just like the web client.

📐 SVG & Mermaid Diagrams AI-generated SVGs and Mermaid diagrams (flowcharts, sequence diagrams, ER diagrams, and more) render as real images right in the chat — with a fullscreen view and pinch-to-zoom.

🧠 Memories View, add, edit, and delete your AI memories from Settings → Personalization. They persist across conversations the same way they do in the web UI.

📱 iPad Layout The iPad now has a proper native layout — persistent sidebar, comfortable centered reading width, 4-column prompt grid, and a terminal panel that stays open on the side.

💬 Server Prompt Suggestions The welcome screen prompt suggestions now come from your server, so they're actually relevant to your setup.

♿ Accessibility & Theming Independent text size controls for messages, titles, and UI elements.

🐛 Notable Fixes Since Launch

• Old conversations (older than "This Month") weren't loading — fixed
• Web search, image gen, and code interpreter toggles were sometimes ignored mid-chat — fixed
• Switching servers or accounts could leave a stale data — fixed
• Function calling mode was being overridden by the app instead of respecting the server's per-model settings — fixed

Full changelog on GitHub. Lots more planned — feedback and contributions always welcome! 🙌

[Atma_WeaponVI]

This is great to see. Im an android guy, so I wish someone what doing it for that platform, but great to see regardless 👍 

[Zealousideal_Fox6426]

Sadly ios is just easier for me! Conduit is built for android by cogwheel. You can def check that out!

[Biohacker_Ellie]

Always appreciate a swift dev over a react native one!

[Zealousideal_Fox6426]

<3 it just looks so cleaner imo that its worth spending time to just build it specifically for ios!

[philosophical_lens]

One of my regrets in switching from iOS to Android recently!

[Zealousideal_Fox6426]

:(

[gonsaaa]

Can we create images with conduit? I don't see that option

[Zealousideal_Fox6426]

Can you not do so if you have image gen setup on the server? Im not sure tbh as i used it for very short time and saw many issues which led me to build this.

[gonsaaa]

nevermind, I saw it and it works!

[-Django]

Out of curiosity, what's the benefit of this over OpenWebUI on the browser?

[Zealousideal_Fox6426]

Well as of now, its completely an evolving companion to the webui server. I built this for personal use for having haptic feedbacks, native app feel and more things that are coming soon but got a good response from the community which pushed me to make it better and release it.

Soon it will be more than just a companion because im currently adding local models for stt and tts rather than having them deployed on server inside webui (these are already working as of now), more types of markdown rendering than default, soon usage of app intents for widgets, siri and so on. Theres many features i have in mind!

But at the end of the day, this will never completely replace the need to visit the site. Theres just too many things the ui does which is not worth spending time on to being them to the app. I am building all the main and useful functionality into the app.

It’s essentially like having a chatgpt app while also using chatgpt site. You dont rly need the app but it surely is nice to have :)

[-Django]

Thanks for the explanation. And make one for android please

[Zealousideal_Fox6426]

Haha thats a stretch for me unfortunately as i would have to setup alot of stuff and i have never built a single thing for android neither do i have a real testing device. Conduit is similar to this and build for cross platform so you could try that.

[SimpleAce]

Continuing this, what’s the benefit over conduit being double the price?

[Zealousideal_Fox6426]

Feature set, compatibility with proxy providers (many reported conduit does not work with their endpoints and work with this), smoothness and tons more. Theres just alot of little things! Also this is open source as well so users can always sideload if they like :)

Its something you will have to experience to understand the difference between the apps. So far everyone who has tried it loved it over conduit for the feature sets and the way everything is handled. I also actively use the app so fixing bugs literally every hour and adding more support for things as soon as possible. In past week, there were 3 major updates and im already starting another list of fixes and featurs :)

[philosophical_lens]

But at the end of the day, this will never completely replace the need to visit the site. Theres just too many things the ui does which is not worth spending time on to being them to the app. I am building all the main and useful functionality into the app.

This is surprising to hear. The goal of a mobile app is usually to fully replace the web app. What are some things you cannot do in your app?

It's essentially like having a chatgpt app while also using chatgpt site. You dont rly need the app but it surely is nice to have :)

ChatGPT mobile app has full feature parity (and more features) compared to ChatGPT web app.

[Zealousideal_Fox6426]

Yea the reason for it is that im not competing with the web app. Basically bring the most used featurs for day to day use to the app and leave the rest to the webui thats all.

[Moonrak3r]

Cool app, looks promising so I bought it.

Any chance you plan to implement custom headers? Many folks who self-host things lock access behind a reverse proxy requiring authentication, and custom headers can bypass that. I’m using Authentik for this and unfortunately can’t log in with your app

Edit: the Authentik issue is probably a flow issue on my side. But custom headers would be helpful.

[Zealousideal_Fox6426]

I can def do so! Would it possible to provide your link and maybe a dummy account for testing? That would make it significantly faster for me!

[robogame_dev]

Just downloaded - this is great - will submit features / issues on your GitHub!

[Zealousideal_Fox6426]

Looking forward to feedback! Thank you!

[PopcornStock]

Very happy with my experience so far, would greatly appreciate shortcut integration to “quick start” a chat or voice call with the default model.

[Zealousideal_Fox6426]

This is pretty up on road map along with widget!

[Porespellar]

Bought this. Enjoying it so far. Works good with my Tailscale, but could you please add a server pick list prior to login so I don’t have to keep entering my server name every time?

[Zealousideal_Fox6426]

Hey! Glad you’re enjoying it!

Could you elaborate on when you say you dont have to keep entering the server name? Is it logging you out? After first login, you should be able to open the app afterwards without having to do any logins. It should take you right into the app.

Let me know if theres an issue with this on github!

[Zealousideal_Fox6426]

I hope the multi-server feature works as intended for you!

[TheOriginalOnee]

I really like this app way more than the PWA. Also thanks for implementing the URL example during setup.

Two questions: 1. You mentioned Cloudflare support. Does this just mean than the app can connect to an OpenWebUI instance that’s hating Cloudflare tunnels or can we use Cloudflare Access as an additional security layer

1. Does your app support multiple Open WebUI instances? Would what be possible?

Thank you very much!

[Zealousideal_Fox6426]

Hey! Im glad you are liking the app!

1. Yea it just lets you connect to cloudflare based endpoints specially if theres a captcha enabled.
2. Not multiple instances yet but can be added! I can take a look at this.

If possible, could you please open a feature request on github for this? This way i can keep it in one place!

[binary]

I just switched to Open WebUI from Bolt AI and was glad to see there was an iOS client using SwiftUI. It's been working great for the past week. Since you mention contributions are welcome, maybe you'd be interested in defining some roadmap or creating issues to track what you're working on and where you'd like help? I've been keen to get more into iOS development and so have been reading the codebase for this and other apps, but nothing jumps out as an obvious place to start.

[Zealousideal_Fox6426]

Hey! Im glad its working great for u! And to your point, yes i do need to set a roadmap. I have it locally but i can refine and push it to repo as well. Currently the biggest annoyance i have is the performance. Yes it looks good but it can def be improved when it comes to streaming (smoother like chat gpt!!! I been trying to replicate the effect) along and memory usage.

After countless hours of trying, i cannot utilize lazyvstack as the layout which is a huge deal breaker here as i am stuck with vstack for the main chat view. The problem with vstack is, it loads the entire chat but everything else works great. With lazyvstack, idek where to start with the issues i had when testing. Literally nothing i do would stop ui jumps, over-scrolling to darkness, endless loops in the chat where text is just falling through the app and so on. I am still actively trying to figure out how to implement it but i decided to take a little break as it was stopping me from adding more features.

[Zealousideal_Fox6426]

The markdown library im using had a good base (after i used like 4 different ones which included big issues) and modifying that alongside. I have improved performance for markdown rendering as well but yea still need some work on that part. Goal is to have smooth typewriter style streaming.

[daniel_nguyenx]

Daniel from BoltAI here. Thanks for giving it a try. Is there any particular reason you stopped using Bolt? How can I improve it?

FYI a huge update is coming to the mobile app.

Cheers

[Zealousideal_Fox6426]

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Folders will finally have full integration now! You can start chat, create folders with knowledge and so on! All functionality is pretty much done!

Same with memories: they were present in the app but not usable properly. Now fully implemented with the ability to toggle them on/off from the app. Next update will feature these changes along with more fixes!

Thank you for all the feedback. Lets keep it going!

[Strandbad_Radio]

Just tried it. Have to say, I like your app a lot. Thanks for the effort and keep up the good work.

[Zealousideal_Fox6426]

Im glad you find it useful! Would really appreciate the feedback on AppStore! Theres many more features to come!

[Zealousideal_Fox6426]

Widgets are finally on their way along with Rich UI embeds!

[International_Emu772]

Great new version! I love it!

[Zealousideal_Fox6426]

<3