License: Open source
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
Status: Active
This replaces ChatGPT, Claude and Google Gemini
Jan
Open-source desktop chat app that runs local language models or connects to cloud APIs, with a local OpenAI-compatible server.
Facts
- Made by
- Menlo Research
- Website
- jan.ai
- License
- License: Open sourceApache-2.0
- Pricing
- Free
- Platforms
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
- Self-hostable
- No
- Works offline
- Yes
- Account required
- No
- Maturity
- Stable
- Source code
- github: janhq/jan
- Maintenance
- Status: ActiveLast commit
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Health history
Repository checks, newest first; last checked Oct 8, 2026. Checks older than 90 days are kept as one per week.
| Checked | Last commit | Latest release | Stars | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| v0.8.5 | 44,851 | Open |
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4.0out of 5, from 1 review
Used for: Side projects on weekends4 of 5, 16 months of use
- Pros
- Does everything I used the paid tool for.
- Cons
- Fonts render slightly differently.
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