Jan

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category_label: "Chat UIs & front-ends"
stack_layer: "harness"
homepage: "https://jan.ai/"
repo: "https://github.com/janhq/jan"
license: "Other"
stars: 44958
last_push: "2026-10-15"
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# Jan

**What:** Offline ChatGPT alternative for your desktop.

**Why:** A friendly window onto your local models.

**Category:** Chat UIs & front-ends · **Stack layer:** harness

## Status

Catalog entry. Existence and repo metadata checked 2026-10-15 via the GitHub API. Install commands below are auto-extracted from the README and have NOT been executed or verified. Read the README before running anything; prefer a sandbox or venv.

## Install (unverified)

1. [any] source: README (auto-extracted); status: unverified, not executed

```bash
git clone https://github.com/janhq/jan
```

## Verify

No verified check yet. Minimum: the install command exits 0 and the tool's own help/version flag runs (exact flag: see README).

## Rollback (unverified)

1. source: derived inverse of install command

```bash
rm -rf jan
```

## Links

- Homepage: https://jan.ai/
- Repo: https://github.com/janhq/jan
- README: https://github.com/janhq/jan#readme