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Jan vs PyGPT: catalog facts
Jan	PyGPT
Free Free and open source. Using a third-party cloud model through Jan costs whatever that…	Free Free and open source; cloud models are billed by their providers through your own API…
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	One app for many cloud providers and local Ollama models Agents, MCP tools, plugins and file RAG built in
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	Large feature set can be overwhelming Cloud models need your own paid API keys
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026

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