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Jan vs RWKV Runner: catalog facts
Jan	RWKV Runner
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	Automates model download and startup OpenAI-compatible API works with existing clients
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	Focused on RWKV models only Documentation is partly aimed at Chinese-speaking users
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 September 26, 2026

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