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Jan

Open-source · self-hostable · replaces 1 SaaS tool on os-alt

menloresearch/jan · alive · ★ 42.4k · last commit 3d ago · 398 open issues

License: AGPL-3.0

Good fit for Single users who want an Electron desktop ChatGPT replacement with no server, no Docker, no account.

Weak at Multi-user / team scenarios — Jan is fundamentally local-first; for shared use deploy Open WebUI or LibreChat instead.

In a terminal? npx -y github:SolvoHQ/os-alt-cli chatgpt prints the ChatGPT comparison table including Jan. how the CLI works →

Replaces these SaaS

  • ChatGPT · AI chat assistant (consumer UI)

    Download the installer for macOS/Windows/Linux from jan.ai, launch, and pull a model from the Hub tab. Conversations live in `~/jan/threads/` as JSON; ChatGPT export.zip can be dropped into a folder and queried via the assistant feature with the local files as context.

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