During our Claris Beyond Meetup in April, Xandon demonstrated how to create a local LLM on Windows and highlighted key elements of n8n and Open WebUI necessary for setup and operation.
What is n8n?
n8n is an open-source workflow automation platform for connecting various applications and services together to automate repetitive tasks and complex processes. It provides a user-friendly visual interface where you can drag and drop “nodes” representing different actions or integrations and connect them to build workflows.
“Build with the precision of code or the speed of drag-n-drop. Host with on-prem control or in-the-cloud convenience. n8n gives you more freedom to implement multi-step AI agents and integrate apps than any other tool.”
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What is Open WebUI?
Open WebUI is a user-friendly, web-based graphical interface designed for interacting with and managing local Large Language Models (LLMs) and other AI models. It acts as a frontend that simplifies the process of running and chatting with these models on your own computer or server.
“Open WebUI is an extensible, self-hosted AI interface that adapts to your workflow, all while operating entirely offline.”
Open WebUI
This Meetup was a live recreation of the presentation Xandon gave at Claris Engage back in March of this year. To see a rerecorded version of that presentation that does not feature a live question and answer, you can visit our YouTube channel or blog.
Below is the transcript of our twenty-third FileMaker DevCast episode: Smarter Automation with n8n and FileMaker. You can find this episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube.