20 Jan alternatives
Jan: An open-source, offline-first ChatGPT alternative that runs models on your own computer. 20 apps do similar work, most sharing Privacy, Local Models and Desktop App, ranked by how much they have in common with Jan.
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A polished desktop app for discovering, running, and chatting with local language models — no terminal required.
Also: Desktop App, Local Models, Offline, Privacy
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A free, local, open-source AI app builder that runs on your own machine — a privacy-first alternative to v0, Lovable, and Bolt with no vendor lock-in and bring-your-own API keys.
Also: Desktop App, Local-First, Open Source, Privacy
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Different AI
Open-source desktop app and MCP for running AI agents on your own files, an open alternative to Claude Cowork.
Also: Desktop App, Local-First, Open Source, Privacy
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Meridiona
An open-source work journal that records your day on-device and drafts the status update for you — nothing leaves the machine until you approve a worklog.
Also: Desktop App, Local-First, Open Source, Privacy
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Run open language models on your own machine with a single command — no cloud, no API key, no data leaving the laptop.
Also: Local Models, Offline, Privacy
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Privacy-first voice to text for macOS, Windows, and iOS — runs offline on-device with customisable AI modes.
Also: Local Models, Offline, Privacy
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System-wide AI autocomplete for macOS that finishes your sentences in any app — fully on-device, no account, no cloud.
Also: Local Models, Offline, Privacy
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Daniel Saad
On-device Mac dictation, rewriting, translation, and local agent — no cloud, no accounts.
Also: Local Models, Offline, Privacy
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Cactus Compute, Inc.
8-29 MB automation models that run on phones, wearables and microcontrollers — tool calling, structured extraction and embeddings, fully offline.
Also: Local Models, Offline, Open Source
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Osaurus, Inc.
Native macOS harness for AI agents — any model, persistent memory, sandboxed execution and cryptographic identity, fully offline and open source.
Also: Local Models, Offline, Open Source
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EGOIST
A fast, local-first desktop AI chat client that works with GPT, Claude, Gemini, and local models, with markdown and LaTeX rendering, web search, image generation, and MCP tool support.
Also: Desktop App, Local Models, Local-First
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Mintplex Labs
An all-in-one private AI workspace: chat with your documents, run agents, and keep everything on your device.
Also: Local Models, Local-First, Privacy
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Free, open-source Mac dictation: hold a shortcut, speak, and clean text lands in any app. Local speech models, no account.
Also: Offline, Open Source, Privacy
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Unsloth AI
Open-source desktop app to run, serve and fine-tune text, image, video and audio models entirely on your own machine.
Also: Desktop App, Local Models, Open Source
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An open-source desktop AI client that talks to every major provider and your local models from one window.
Also: Desktop App, Local Models, Open Source
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Open-source inference engine that runs LLMs, vision and speech models fully on-device — no API keys, no cloud calls, from Swift to Godot.
Also: Local Models, Local-First, Open Source
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Local, 24/7 screen and audio recorder that turns your work into searchable memory for AI agents.
Also: Desktop App, Local-First, Privacy
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Aside Computer Inc.
AI browser that runs real tasks inside your logged-in accounts, with credentials sealed in an on-device vault the agent never reads.
Also: Desktop App, Local-First, Privacy
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Always-on desktop AI that watches your workflow locally, builds a searchable timeline of your work, and acts before you ask.
Also: Desktop App, Local-First, Privacy
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coconutStudio
A native macOS notes app that parks notes along your screen edge and keeps an AI agent inside them, encrypted on-device.
Also: Desktop App, Local-First, Privacy