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Jan is an open source alternative to ChatGPT that runs 100% offline on your computer.

by janhq · GitHub
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Jan is a fully open-source desktop assistant that wraps local models in a clean ChatGPT-style UI, with a built-in model hub and an optional local API server.

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Install
git clone https://github.com/janhq/jan
cd jan
make dev

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Jan is an open source alternative to ChatGPT that runs 100% offline on your computer.

jan has 44.3k stars on GitHub. It has been forked 3k times. jan is written mainly in TypeScript. It has been in active development since 2023. Its main topics are chatgpt, gpt, llamacpp, llm.

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What is jan?

Jan is an open source alternative to ChatGPT that runs 100% offline on your computer.

Is jan open source?

jan is an open-source project.

Is jan free?

Yes. jan is free and open source — you can use, modify and self-host it.

What language is jan written in?

jan is written mainly in TypeScript.

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