Open WebUI has added coding agents to its model picker and introduced Tether, a desktop companion linking a computer to the chat service. Claude Code, Codex and Pi become available through a connected Open Terminal. Users can approve tool requests in the conversation, while an optional model-based permission review starts disabled.
Open WebUI users can now choose a coding agent from the same menu as a model. The project’s November 8 release, 0.13.1, supports Claude Code, Codex and Pi when a connected Open Terminal makes them available. Voice interaction and approval of tool requests happen in the chat. A conversation stays with one agent; regenerating replies, continuing them, and editing an earlier message to resend it are unavailable in these conversations.[1]
The accompanying Tether desktop app links a user’s computer to an Open WebUI account. Models and agents can then work with its files and tools on macOS, Windows or Linux. The computer establishes the connection outward, so incoming ports need not be opened. The default session lifetime is 90 days without use. This is the project’s description of the connection, separate from the permissions granted over files.[1]
An optional permission mode submits the proposed tool, arguments and recent messages to a separate review model. Administrators must enable it. If review fails, times out or exceeds the available context, the user is asked to approve the operation. Repeated tool calls also stop after two failures with identical arguments, and unfinished calls in a token-limited reply are not executed.[1]
