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Open WebUI chat2api for DSH

Expose your Open WebUI models to DSH through a local OpenAI-compatible API, with in-app proxy controls and usage reporting.

At a glance

What it does

Expose your Open WebUI models to DSH through a local OpenAI-compatible API, with in-app proxy controls and usage reporting.

Use cases
Integrations & ConnectionsIntegrationsModel RoutingUI
Works with
Deepseek HarnessOpen WebuiOpenai Compatible Api
Compatibility

Desktop Profile, Web Profile
Not declared in supplied evidence

Trust & status

Evidence-verified
Checked Sep 15, 2026, 2:24 PM UTC

Code-evidenced contributions

What it adds to DSH

Web UIOWUI control panel and usage dashboard

Adds an in-DSH panel to configure, start, stop, diagnose, and inspect usage for the local Open WebUI proxy.

Mechanism evidence
Model ToolsOpen WebUI chat2api adapter

Runs a local reverse proxy that exposes Open WebUI models through an OpenAI-compatible /v1 API.

Mechanism evidence

Before you choose it

This DSH bundle packages chat2api as a local reverse proxy between DSH or another OpenAI-compatible client and your Open WebUI instance. Its OWUI panel lets you configure the Open WebUI URL and local host/port, start or stop the proxy, run environment checks, sync models and reasoning levels, view process logs, and review token-based usage and estimated costs.

Best for

DSH Desktop or stock web UI users who already use Open WebUI and want its models available through a local OpenAI-compatible /v1 endpoint.

Common tasks

  • Connect DSH to models available in your Open WebUI instance.
  • Start and monitor the local Open WebUI proxy from DSH.
  • Sync discovered models and supported reasoning-effort levels into DSH.
  • Review per-model token usage and cost estimates using a manually maintained price table.

Permissions and data

The bundle operates a local proxy and needs access to your Open WebUI session on this machine.

Permissions
  • Runs a bundled local reverse proxy.
  • Opens a browser window for Open WebUI sign-in on first use.
  • Listens only on 127.0.0.1 according to the README.
Data handling
  • Keeps the Open WebUI browser profile, token data, and usage database on the local machine.
  • Stores usage data and proxy configuration under ~/.dsh so they persist across plugin updates.
  • The README states session files are excluded from Git and the package.
External services
  • Connects to the Open WebUI URL you configure.
Credentials
  • Requires an Open WebUI browser sign-in; the session is reused after sign-in.

Limitations

  • Python plus requests and Playwright may need to be installed before the proxy can run.
  • A real Open WebUI URL must replace the default placeholder.
  • Model availability may require using the panel's sync action and restarting DSH.
  • No npm distribution for package version 0.9.0 was found in the supplied evidence.

What DSHub checked

  • The package manifest, DSH bundle patch, and immutable Git distribution path were verified.
  • The manifest declares package version 0.9.0 and MIT licensing.
  • The supplied README documents desktop and web profile installation, local proxy behavior, and the OWUI panel.

What DSHub did not check

  • Installation, proxy startup, Open WebUI authentication, model sync, and dashboard behavior were not executed.
  • No DSH Harness version range is declared in the supplied evidence.
  • Compatibility with a particular Open WebUI deployment or model provider was not tested.

Pinned install

Install Open WebUI chat2api for DSH

This plugin bundle does not have a DSH Plugin install action. Use its source documentation for the delivery method.

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Project README

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English | 简体中文

dsh-owui-chat2api

An adapter that exposes the models in your Open WebUI as a standard OpenAI-compatible /v1 API for DSH (DSH Desktop or the stock web UI), plus a usage dashboard that lives inside DSH.

It bundles chat2api, runs it as a local reverse proxy, and adds a control panel to the DSH web shell:

DeepSeek Harness (or any OpenAI-compatible client)
        │        standard /v1 API → http://127.0.0.1:8000
        ▼
   dsh-owui-chat2api    (local reverse proxy, keeps its own login)
        ▼
   your Open WebUI      (browser sign-in once, session reused afterwards)
<p align="center"> <img width="690" height="560" alt="The dsh-owui-chat2api control panel inside DSH: status, config, usage dashboard and process log" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/65cd7151-bf5a-4a4c-aaca-85f5ab7f0043" /> </p>

Features ✨

  • ▶️ Start / stop the proxy from the panel
  • 🩺 Environment check: is Python available, are the dependencies installed?
  • ⚙️ Configure your Open WebUI URL, host and port
  • 📊 Usage dashboard: today / yesterday / month / total, ranked per model with colorful share bars — plus a manual price table (per 1M tokens, cached tokens priced separately) that turns the stats into a cost estimate
  • 🧠 One-click model and reasoning-level sync (see Reasoning effort)
  • 📜 Process log with error highlighting, follow mode and copy
  • 🎨 Color-coded sections with inline Tabler icons that follow the DSH theme (dark / light), zero external requests

Install 📦

Pick one of three ways: A is a single command, B needs no git, C lets your DSH assistant do the whole thing.

⚡ Option A — one command (recommended)

The dsh CLI ships a plugin manager. One command installs the plugin and registers it in your profile (dependencies + bundles). Pick the profile that matches your setup — desktop for DSH Desktop, web for the stock web UI:

dsh plugin --profile desktop add github:Wecury/dsh-owui-chat2api#v0.8.0
dsh plugin --profile web add github:Wecury/dsh-owui-chat2api#v0.8.0
  • #v0.8.0 pins the release tag — use the version you want (omit it to follow main).
  • Requires git on PATH (pnpm clones the repo). Behind a proxy? Export http_proxy / https_proxy first.
  • Restart DSH when it finishes. Later updates (same --profile as install): dsh plugin --profile <desktop|web> update dsh-owui-chat2api.

📦 Option B — from the release tarball (no git needed)

  1. From ReleasesAssets, download dsh-owui-chat2api-<version>.tgz. (The Source code (zip) button is the development tree — for contributing, not for installing.)

  2. Unpack it into the plugins folder. The tarball extracts to a package/ directory — move and rename it (tar ships with Windows 10+):

    tar -xzf dsh-owui-chat2api-0.8.0.tgz
    Move-Item package "$env:USERPROFILE\.dsh\plugins\dsh-owui-chat2api-0.8.0"
    
  3. Register it in %USERPROFILE%\.dsh\profiles\<desktop|web>\package.json (desktop for DSH Desktop, web for the stock web UI):

    "dependencies": {
      "dsh-owui-chat2api": "link:%USERPROFILE%\\.dsh\\plugins\\dsh-owui-chat2api-0.8.0"
    },
    "dsh": { "profile": { "bundles": [ /* ... */ "dsh-owui-chat2api" ] } }
    

    Match the folder name to the version you downloaded.

🤖 Option C — let your DSH install it

Paste this to your DSH assistant and it will do the rest:

请帮我安装 DSH 插件 dsh-owui-chat2api(GitHub 仓库 Wecury/dsh-owui-chat2api)。

步骤:
1. 执行:dsh plugin --profile desktop add github:Wecury/dsh-owui-chat2api#v0.8.0
   (用原版 web 界面就把 --profile desktop 换成 --profile web。需要本机有 git。
   如果 dsh plugin 不可用,改用手动方式:从仓库 Releases 的 Assets 下载
   dsh-owui-chat2api-<版本>.tgz,解压得到 package/ 文件夹,移动并改名为
   %USERPROFILE%\.dsh\plugins\dsh-owui-chat2api-<版本>;然后在
   %USERPROFILE%\.dsh\profiles\<desktop|web>\package.json 的 dependencies 里加
   "dsh-owui-chat2api": "link:<该目录的绝对路径>",并把 "dsh-owui-chat2api"
   加进 dsh.profile.bundles 数组)
2. 重启 DSH。
3. 验证:DSH 页面右上角出现 OWUI 圆标;点开面板,Status 区能显示状态即成功。

Quick start 🚀

  1. Restart DSH (after any install option above). The OWUI pill appears in the top-right corner.
  2. Open the panel and set your Open WebUI URL (the default is a placeholder).
  3. Click Start. The first run opens a browser window for a one-time sign-in; the session is reused afterwards.

Troubleshooting 🔧

Symptom What to do
Diagnostics shows Attention Install the dependencies: pip install requests playwright, then playwright install
Login fails / asks to sign in again Click Login in the panel and sign in once in the window
Models missing from the DSH picker Click Sync models & reasoning levels, then restart DSH
The URL is your-open-webui.example.com That's the placeholder — set your real address, then Start

Reasoning effort 🧠

Reasoning models (e.g. served behind a vLLM gateway) honour reasoning_effort, so DSH's model picker can show Off / Low / Medium / High.

The easiest way is the Sync models & reasoning levels button in the Configuration section: it probes your models, declares the supported level for each, and writes a backup first. When your backend gains a model, click it again — already-probed models hit the cache.

For manual declaration or using chat2api.py standalone, see DEVELOPMENT.md.

Data & security 🔒

  • Your Open WebUI session (.chrome-profile, token.json, the usage database) stays on this machine and is excluded from git and from the package.
  • The usage database and the proxy config live under ~/.dsh, outside the plugin directory, so they survive plugin updates.
  • The proxy listens on 127.0.0.1 only.

Development 🛠️

See DEVELOPMENT.md for the code layout, conventions and how to test a change locally.

License ⚖️

Operate deliberately

Install and manage

Prerequisites and target Profile

Target Desktop Profile, Web Profile

Delivery Dsh Bundle Git — Wecury/dsh-owui-chat2api#95e73934a52ff7552d882b06c477a416d7e9e638

Verify, update, and remove

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Verify
dsh plugin --profile desktop list

Compatibility and access

Targets DSH Desktop and stock DSH web UI profiles Not declared in supplied evidence

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Risk facts

Local Service

Runs a local proxy on 127.0.0.1 and requires Open WebUI sign-in.

Evidence
Local Data

Stores an Open WebUI session, proxy configuration, and usage database under local DSH data locations.

Evidence
Evidence and editorial reviewManifest, Bundle patch, distribution and freshness

Immutable evidence

Review status and source activity

AI reviewed

Use the pinned Git bundle source rather than assuming npm installation is available.

AI reviewed Sep 15, 2026, 2:25 PM UTCGitHub facts last checked Sep 15, 2026, 2:25 PM UTC

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