Jan
Free tierPersonal AI intelligence that runs locally and answers only to you
Free·All audiences·Powered by Multi-provider (Llama, Mistral, Claude, GPT-4, Gemini, DeepSeek, Qwen, Gemma, and more)·API available·Open source
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Fully open-source with 42.8K+ GitHub starsRuns AI models 100% locally for complete privacySupports both local open models and remote API-based models (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, etc.)Persistent memory context across conversationsCross-platform desktop app with API reference for developers
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Singapore, Singapore
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- Self-hosted LLM inference: Run quantized open-source models (Llama 3, Mistral, DeepSeek, Gemma, etc.) locally with a GPU or CPU, eliminating cloud API costs and latency.
- OpenAI-compatible local API: Use Jan's local API server as a drop-in replacement for the OpenAI API in existing applications or scripts, enabling offline or air-gapped environments.
- Multi-provider model switching: Build workflows that route queries to different model backends (local vs. remote) depending on task sensitivity or complexity.
- Privacy-sensitive application development: Develop AI-powered tools for regulated industries (legal, medical, finance) by keeping all inference and data on-premises.
- Model evaluation & testing: Rapidly test and compare responses across 100+ HuggingFace models and major commercial APIs from a unified interface.
- Custom AI tooling: Extend Jan via its open-source codebase to build specialized assistants tailored to internal team workflows or products.
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