What is Jan?
Jan is listed under Local LLM Runners, in the AI Models & Local Execution category on Flocci AI Tools. Open-source, offline ChatGPT alternative. It is free, with no paid plan attached, and it lives at jan.ai.
What Jan does
- Open-source, offline ChatGPT alternative
- No-config, privacy-first GUI
- Runs fully on your device
- Free forever
Jan — straight answers
Is Jan free?
Jan is listed as fully free — there is no paid tier attached to it in the catalog. That makes it one of the 396 entries on Flocci AI Tools with no upgrade path built in.
Can I use Jan in a browser, or is there an app?
Jan needs to be installed or self-hosted — it doesn't run in a browser tab. It is available on Mac, Windows, Linux and self-hosting.
What can Jan do?
Jan does 4 things the catalog singles out: Open-source, offline chatgpt alternative; no-config, privacy-first gui; runs fully on your device; free forever.
What is the best free alternative to Jan?
AnythingLLM is the closest free alternative: it sits in the same Local LLM Runners sub-category and is free. BitNet, exo and Google AI Edge Gallery also start free. The full list is on the alternatives page.
See the full list →Jan alternatives
Compare all alternatives →Ollama
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- The default way to run LLMs locally
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- OpenAI-compatible local API
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LM Studio
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- Polished desktop GUI for local models
- Discover, download and chat with GGUF models
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GPT4All
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- Private local chat with your documents
- Runs on modest laptops
- LocalDocs RAG built in
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Open WebUI
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- Self-hosted ChatGPT-style interface
- Works with Ollama and OpenAI-compatible APIs
- RAG, tools and multi-user
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AnythingLLM
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- All-in-one local RAG and agents app
- Chat with your docs privately
- Works with local or cloud models
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llama.cpp
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- Pure C/C++ inference engine with minimal dependencies, runs on CPU-only hardware
- Powers the GGUF format used by Ollama, LM Studio and most local runners under the hood
- Broad quantization support (2-bit to 8-bit) for running large models on consumer hardware