janhq / jan
Jan is an open source alternative to ChatGPT that runs 100% offline on your computer.
Why this job: works in the areas we cover, but does not say which job it does
What it does
- Local AI Models. Download and run LLMs (Llama, Gemma, Qwen, GPT-oss etc.) from HuggingFace
- Cloud Integration. Connect to GPT models via OpenAI, Claude models via Anthropic, Mistral, Groq, MiniMax, and others
- Custom Assistants. Create specialized AI assistants for your tasks
- OpenAI-Compatible API. Local server at localhost:1337 for other applications
- Model Context Protocol. MCP integration for agentic capabilities
Get started
make dev JAN_ENGINE_VARIANT=cuda13You need: Node.js ≥ 20.0.0; Yarn ≥ 4.5.3; Make ≥ 3.81
- Maintenance
- Active
- Last commit today
- Stars
- 45,684
- +213 this week
- Licence
- Custom
- Read before business use
- Downloads for
- 3 systems
- Mac, Windows, Linux
- Latest version
- v0.8.8
- Released 15 days ago
- Built with
- Rust
- 58% of the code
Is it looked after?
- Contributors
- Not stated
- Last 90 days
- Issues
- 90% closed
- 408 still open
- Pull requests
- 4,194 merged
- 177 waiting
- Releases
- 108
- 16 in the last year
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More: download files, languages, topics and project record
Download files, v0.8.8
- Mac1 file, 6,742 downloads
- Windows2 files, 43,892 downloads
- Linux2 files, 8,529 downloads
Languages
- Rust 58%
- TypeScript 38%
- Python 1%
- JavaScript 1%
Topics
- llamacpp
- localai
- self-hosted
- gpt
- tauri
- chatgpt
- llm
- open-source
Project record
- JobOther AI tools
- StatusListed
- Commits9,580
- Forks3,169
- Watching227
- Stars in 28 days+868
- CreatedAug 17, 2023
- First seen by usNov 7, 2026
- CheckedNov 12, 2026