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Unsloth Desktop vs Jan: catalog facts
Unsloth DesktopJan
Free

Free and open source.

Free

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

Windows, macOS, Linux Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Runs and trains models locally without writing code
  • Image and video generation alongside text chat
  • 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
  • Still in beta
  • Large models need capable GPU 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
Open source Open source
License not stated License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked October 1, 2026

Checked September 20, 2026

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