--- title: Meet Jan: An Open-Source ChatGPT Alternative that Runs... description: Jan is an open-source ChatGPT alternative that runs completely offline on a computer. It democratizes access to AI technologies and prioritizes user ownership,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/meet-jan-an-open-source-chatgpt-alternative-that-runs-completely-offline-on-computer-aii4xxopg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Meet Jan: An Open-Source ChatGPT Alternative that Runs Completely Offline on Computer | daily.dev og:description: Jan is an open-source ChatGPT alternative that runs completely offline on a computer. It democratizes access to AI technologies and prioritizes user ownership,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/meet-jan-an-open-source-chatgpt-alternative-that-runs-completely-offline-on-computer-aii4xxopg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/aII4xxOPg.png og:image:alt: Meet Jan: An Open-Source ChatGPT Alternative that Runs Completely Offline on Computer og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Meet Jan: An Open-Source ChatGPT Alternative that Runs Completely Offline on Computer **[Machine Learning News](https://daily.dev/sources/mlnews)** · 4 min read · 283 upvotes · 9 comments ## Summary Jan is an open-source ChatGPT alternative that runs completely offline on a computer. It democratizes access to AI technologies and prioritizes user ownership, privacy, and ethical design. Jan aims to enable humans and AI to work together harmoniously in the future. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@yaireo** · 3 upvotes > You can run many models on your computer offline **easily** with [ollama](https://ollama.com/) and other solutions as well. > > Just note you need a powerful computer in order to get quick responses from the model **@kfarhan589** · 2 upvotes > What about GPT4All? **@johndoe422** · 1 upvotes > Offline is fine. But why do we need that? **@f4nt0** · 0 upvotes > I Will give a chance, but I Wonder How the Program gets the information If you don't have internet available. **@mak20** · 0 upvotes > Imma give a try shortly --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#chatgpt](https://daily.dev/tags/chatgpt) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/meet-jan-an-open-source-chatgpt-alternative-that-runs-completely-offline-on-computer-aii4xxopg) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Meet Jan: An Open-Source ChatGPT Alternative that Runs Completely Offline on Computer","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/meet-jan-an-open-source-chatgpt-alternative-that-runs-completely-offline-on-computer-aii4xxopg","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/meet-jan-an-open-source-chatgpt-alternative-that-runs-completely-offline-on-computer-aii4xxopg"},"datePublished":"2024-03-24T10:03:46.843Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:39:06.345Z","description":"Jan is an open-source ChatGPT alternative that runs completely offline on a computer. 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