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, Ollama and Mistral Vibe.

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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. llama.cpp icon
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    The main goal of llama.cpp is to enable LLM inference with minimal setup and state-of-the-art performance on a wide range of hardware - locally and in the cloud.

    36 llama.cpp alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Docker
    • Homebrew
    • Nix Package Manager
    • MacPorts
    • Self-Hosted
     
  2. nanochat icon
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    Complete LLM chatbot implementation, offering tokenization, pretraining, finetuning, evaluation, inference, and a simple web UI. Runs on a single 8xH100 node, features a hackable codebase, dependency-lite design, and automates the full workflow via scripts.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
     
  3. Onit AI icon
     10 likes

    Onit AI Copilot offers a comprehensive desktop AI chat assistant with local processing and multi-provider support. It prioritizes customization, extensibility, and user privacy by operating entirely on-device without needing an internet connection, ensuring data security.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  4. Reins icon
     13 likes

    Empowering LLM researchers and hobbyists with seamless control over self-hosted models. Connect remotely, customize prompts, manage chats, and fine-tune configurations. All in one intuitive app.

    101 Reins alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  5. Agora icon
     6 likes

    Open-source Android LLM client supporting direct multi-provider access, BYOK security model, encrypted remote control, agentic workflows with tool and code execution, non-linear branching, on-device LLM inference, semantic memory, and flexible data management.

    23 Agora alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  6. MiroThinker icon
     9 likes

    MiroThinker is an open-source search agent model, built for tool-augmented reasoning and real-world information seeking, aiming to match the deep research experience of OpenAI Deep Research and Gemini Deep Research.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Python
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. ChatRTX is a locally-run AI chatbot developed by NVIDIA that leverages the power of RTX GPUs to deliver fast, private, and offline conversational AI. It uses models like Mistral or LLaMA and can be customized with your own documents and data.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • NVIDIA vGPU
     
  8. Kai AI icon
     8 likes

    Open-source AI assistant builds interactive chat interfaces with elements like buttons, forms, and tables, delivers over 40 tools, supports 24 AI services, local models for offline use, encrypted chat history, no ads, free usage, and privacy by design.

    62 Kai AI alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
    • Chrome OS
     
  9. Amazon Nova icon
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    Amazon Nova is a new generation of foundation models with frontier intelligence and industry leading price performance. Generate text, code, and images with natural language prompts.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Amazon Web Services
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  10. MiniMax Agent icon
     7 likes

    AI assistant using hybrid-attention reasoning supports complex, multi-step tasks in multi-agent systems, deep research synthesis, full-stack development, chat, multimodal content, text-to-image generation, privacy settings, distraction-free modes, and cross-device cloud sync.

    49 MiniMax Agent alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Hugging Face
     
  11. LocalAI  icon
     12 likes

    Drop-In OpenAI replacement, On-device, local-first, Generate text/image/speech/music/etc... Backend Agnostic: (llama.cpp, diffusers, bark.cpp, etc...), Optional Distributed Inference(P2P/Federated).

    73 LocalAI alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
     
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