--- title: Jev is Closed, use Laya instead | daily.dev description: Jev, a service developers relied on, has shut down. The post points to laya-api.de as a free, GDPR-compliant alternative for European users, with a linked blog... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/jev-is-closed-use-laya-instead-cn2ekizme twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Jev is Closed, use Laya instead | daily.dev og:description: Jev, a service developers relied on, has shut down. The post points to laya-api.de as a free, GDPR-compliant alternative for European users, with a linked blog... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/jev-is-closed-use-laya-instead-cn2ekizme og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/CN2eKizme.png og:image:alt: Jev is Closed, use Laya instead 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. # Jev is Closed, use Laya instead **[Dev Tools](https://daily.dev/sources/devtools)** · [@michaelhomeister](https://daily.dev/michaelhomeister) · 1 min read · 20 upvotes · 6 comments ## Summary Jev, a service developers relied on, has shut down. The post points to laya-api.de as a free, GDPR-compliant alternative for European users, with a linked blog post covering the switch. ## Content How want to jump on the Jev train might be too late for now but what if i tell you, there is an alternative and for the european folks out there, even GDPR compliant? Just use [laya-api.de](http://laya-api.de) instead which is free to use for now. [https://bhp-solutions.de/blog/jev-api-alternative](https://bhp-solutions.de/blog/jev-api-alternative) ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@axtroz** · 5 upvotes > Laya is impressive, but it's optimal context is 512 tokens. The decoder itself supports up to 8k, but my testing shows it's quality falls off a cliff when more than 512. Up to 2k is kind of okay, but I wouldn't use it for any actionable decisions that are important. YMMV. **@chrisc3** · 2 upvotes > Why too late for Jev ? **@al\_v\_a\_ro** · 1 upvotes > I am not sure how you are affiliated with this company but if yes... They are still using "[hello@example.com](mailto:hello@example.com)" as their email in the contact form and the footer. Maybe they want to change it away from the one in the website template. **@ristotoldsep** · 0 upvotes > Free and GDPR-compliant is a rare combo. nice find. **@mqandah** · 0 upvotes > What happened to Jev could happen to Laya any any other model. They either close sign ups to keep up with the demand or the service goes down. > > > Something like Jev should be very manageable to self host. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Why I'm leaving GitHub for Forgejo](https://daily.dev/posts/why-i-m-leaving-github-for-forgejo-8ezk0te27) · Hacker News · 145 upvotes · 30 comments - [European Alternatives to US Products & Software](https://daily.dev/posts/european-alternatives-to-us-products-software-lxj5p1mpy) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [A Playbook for Europe: eIDAS, Sovereignty, and a Shared GovTech Ecosystem](https://daily.dev/posts/a-playbook-for-europe-eidas-sovereignty-and-a-shared-govtech-ecosystem-iipiflfhd) · API Evangelist · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#gdpr](https://daily.dev/tags/gdpr) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/jev-is-closed-use-laya-instead-cn2ekizme) ```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":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/jev-is-closed-use-laya-instead-cn2ekizme","headline":"Jev is Closed, use Laya instead","text":"Jev, a service developers relied on, has shut down. 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