Jan.ai Alternatives

Jan.ai is described as 'Open-source offline AI chat software supporting local LLMs, cloud model connections, custom assistant creation, OpenAI-compatible API, and broad hardware support' and is a very popular AI Chatbot in the ai tools & services category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Jan.ai for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Mac, Windows, Linux and Android apps. The best Jan.ai alternative is ChatGPT, which is free. Other great apps like Jan.ai are Lumo by Proton, DeepSeek, Mistral Le Chat and Ollama.

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Jan.ai alternatives are mainly AI Chatbots, but if you're looking for Large Language Model (LLM) Tools or AI Writing Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Free and Open Source. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Jan.ai.
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  1. NanoClaw icon
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    Lightweight AI assistant runs in Apple containers with isolated Linux container processes for superior OS-level security, transparency, and privacy compared to complex chatbots, enabling quick code review, easy customization, and minimal dependencies for all users.

    107 NanoClaw alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Docker
    • Node.JS
     
  2. Pinokio icon
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    Install, run & control servers, bots, databases, AI apps, terminal apps, or anything on your computer with 1 click.

    17 Pinokio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. Thunderbolt icon
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    Open-source AI platform for deploying language models across desktop and mobile systems, features model selection, on-premises setup, enterprise-level encryption, advanced security auditing, and flexibility for organizations seeking total data ownership and compliance.

    51 Thunderbolt alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Rust
    • Docker
     
  4. Meta Llama icon
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    As part of Meta’s commitment to open science, today we are publicly releasing Llama (Large Language Model Meta AI), a state-of-the-art foundational large language model designed to help researchers advance their work in this subfield of AI.

    257 Meta Llama alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. Arena AI icon
     15 likes

    Public web platform for large language model evaluation using anonymous pairwise comparisons, crowd-sourced voting, real-time model identity reveals and aggregate performance tracking for both open-source and proprietary LLMs across community-submitted prompts.

    48 Arena AI alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. Khoj icon
     40 likes

    Khoj is an open-source AI second brain that learns from your notes (Obsidian, EMACS), documents, and has access to the internet. It can replace your search engine, help you with reading papers, and get you transparent, fast answers.

    196 Khoj alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Docker
    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
     
  7. fullmoon icon
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    The simplest way to use private LLMs: Works fully offline and private when you don’t have internet. Runs models on-device optimized for Apple silicon.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • visionOS
     
  8. Raycast AI Lite icon
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    Raycast AI combines leading models with powerful extensions - right on your OS. Try a lite version of Raycast AI Chat for free.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. Provides AI-powered writing tools, image generation, Genmoji, and memory movies; enhances Siri with deeper context and actions; integrates ChatGPT for complex tasks; prioritizes on-device processing for privacy; unifies features across Apple devices with Private Cloud Compute.

    175 Apple Intelligence alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  10. Together Chat icon
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    Together Chat is a next-generation consumer app designed to let you interact seamlessly with today's most popular open-source models, including free access to DeepSeek R1, securely hosted in the North America.

    152 Together Chat alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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