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JanQVAC
Free

Free and open source. Using a third-party cloud model through Jan costs whatever that…

 Free

Free and open source under Apache-2.0.

Windows, macOS, Linux 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
  • Runs models entirely on the local device
  • Covers text, speech, images, OCR and translation
  • 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 parts of the project are aimed at developers rather than end users
  • Model performance depends on local hardware
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: Apache-2.0 License: Apache-2.0
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked September 20, 2026

Checked October 1, 2026

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