Jan license, foundation and stars
Model serving and local AI · Apache 2.0 (open source) · backed by Menlo Research · 45,214 stars
Jan is an open source alternative to ChatGPT that runs 100% offline on your computer.
License history
LICENSE fileAGPL v3 to Apache 2.0
Jan relicensed its code from AGPL 3.0 to Apache 2.0.
Latest release
No GitHub releases published; the project releases elsewhere (tags or its own site).
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| Apache 2.0 | 96.6k | +562 | v0.30.0Sep 22, 2026 | |
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| Apache 2.0 | 41.9k | +1,139 | - | |
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About and history
- Repository
- janhq/jan · created Aug 17, 2023
- Website
- jan.ai
- Language
- Rust
- Foundation
- None; run by Menlo Research
- Company
- Menlo Research · on Companies
- GitHub detects
- NOASSERTION (a custom or multi-license file; the license above is read from the file itself)
- Stars per week
- 114 (GitHub weekly snapshots)
Weekly snapshots
| Week of | Stars | |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2026 | 45,214 | |
| Oct 19, 2026 | 45,040 | |
| Oct 12, 2026 | 44,941 | |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 44,770 | |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 44,646 |