https://i.redd.it/97has5lk21zh1.gif I've been running local LLMs through Open WebUI for a while now, and one thing I've always wished it had was something similar to ChatGPT's newer visual responses. Don't get me wrong, Markdown works fine, but sometimes I want more than just a wall of text. If I'm asking a model to plan a trip, compare products, or pull financial data, it'd be nice to actually interact with the results. So I built Frontier UI, a free, open-source tool for Open WebUI that does exactly that. For example, if I ask my local model to plan a 7-day trip to Cancún with a budget, instead of getting a massive text response, I get an interactive itinerary with actual photos, maps, walking/driving routes for each day, budget sliders, weather forecasts, and more. All directly inside the chat. It goes quite a bit beyond travel planning too. Some of the things I've added: Maps and routes: Actual street-level walking/driving routes, not just straight lines connecting coordinates. Supports multi-day itineraries and opening routes in Google Maps. Photos and places: Image galleries using Wikipedia and SearXNG, plus place cards you can sort and filter. Live data: Weather forecasts, stock prices, crypto, and currency charts without needing API keys. Interactive stuff: Budget sliders, calculators, sortable tables, charts, and comparisons. Link previews: Website previews with screenshots and a reader view. Exports: Generate actual Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF files through the open-source ArtCraft apps. Not just formatted text pretending to be a document. Other integrations: Gmail drafts, calendar events, saving responses to Open WebUI Notes, etc. One thing I thought was pretty cool was being able to self-host the entire planet map using Protomaps. It's around 140 GB, but it runs fine off a regular HDD. This means you aren't dependent on a third-party map tile provider. Completely optional, of course. The basic tool itself is just one Python file. You paste it into Workspace → Tools in Open WebUI, enable it for your model, and you're good to go. No additional inference services or complicated setup. For transparency, the default setup still uses free public services for things like maps, routing, weather, and photos. No API keys needed, but it's not completely offline out of the box. The self-hosted map and ArtCraft file export/desktop integrations are optional extras that require additional setup. I've been running it locally with Qwen 3.8 Flash Next, and it's been pretty fun seeing what a local model can do with a more interactive interface. It should work with other models that support tool calling as well. I'm not trying to make the model itself smarter. I just wanted its answers to be more useful, especially when the information makes more sense visually. The whole thing is MIT licensed, so feel free to mess around with it, modify it, or use whatever parts you find useful. GitHub: https://github.com/Jumbomuffin777/Frontier-UI Open WebUI Community: https://openwebui.com/posts/35572bd7-6dc8-42dc-9e54-bebfb9e978cb Would love to hear what you guys think, especially if you're running Open WebUI with local models. Also curious what other types of interactive responses people would actually find useful. I'm always looking for ideas to add.   submitted by   /u/Jumbomuffin1312 [link]   [comments]