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OllamaJan
Freemium

Running models locally is free. The optional hosted cloud inference starts at $20 a month.

 Free

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

Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line Windows, macOS, Linux
  • One command to download and run a model, with no Python environment to build first
  • A REST API on localhost, so editors, scripts and agents can use the local model
  • 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
  • Model quality is bounded by your hardware; large models need a lot of VRAM or unified memory
  • The company now also sells cloud inference, so read carefully which mode you are 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
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: MIT License: Apache-2.0
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked September 20, 2026

Checked September 20, 2026

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