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TextGenJan
Free

The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…

 Free

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

Windows, macOS, Linux Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Includes text, vision and API access with portable builds.
  • 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
  • Models must fit the memory available on your computer.
  • 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: AGPL-3.0 License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked September 20, 2026

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