Jan
Jan is an open source alternative to ChatGPT that runs 100% offline on your computer.
Jan scores 7.5/10 (Strong) in Inference & Serving.
Language TypeScript License Custom (see repo) Stars 43.4k★ Type lightweight Self-host Yes Repo janhq/jan Homepage https://jan.ai
Quality
Strong 7.5
Adoption 66
Activity 77
Maturity 96
Community 62
Capability 50
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Overall 7.5/10
value = 7.5/10
score = value
Adoption 6.9/10
value = 65.9/100
score = 1 + 9 * value / 100
Activity 7.9/10
value = 76.6/100
score = 1 + 9 * value / 100
Maturity 9.6/10
value = 95.5/100
score = 1 + 9 * value / 100
Community 6.6/10
value = 62.3/100
score = 1 + 9 * value / 100
Capability 5.5/10
value = 50/100
score = 1 + 9 * value / 100
Key metrics
43.4k★ GitHub stars
276/90d Recent commits
7 devs/90d Recent contributors
2.9y Project age
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- Self-hosted
Self-hosted
You deploy and operate it yourself; there is no hosted option here.
desktop local offline openai-compatible chat