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SidekickJan
Free

Free to download from GitHub.

 Free

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

macOS Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Native macOS interface
  • Answers using your own files, folders and websites
  • 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
  • macOS only
  • Answer quality depends on the local model and your hardware
  • 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
Closed source Open source
License not stated License: Apache-2.0
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked October 1, 2026

Checked September 20, 2026

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