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Jan vs Follamac: catalog facts
Jan	Follamac
Free Free and open source. Using a third-party cloud model through Jan costs whatever that…	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Runs fully offline on your own computer when you want it to Same interface for local models and for OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Mistral and others	Graphical front end for Ollama models Builds for Linux, Mac and Windows
Still pre-1.0 and moving fast; features appear and change between releases Adding a cloud provider means putting that provider’s API key into the app	Requires a separate Ollama installation Early version number (0.1.3)
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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