Jan runs an open source GPT alternative on your machine
AI summary of the linked articleJan is an open source AI application that runs models on a user's own machine and can also connect to online models. The project says it has more than 6 million downloads, and its page lists open models alongside online services from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, Mistral AI, Alibaba, DeepSeek, and Moonshot AI. A memory feature, labeled as coming soon, is described as carrying a user's context and preferences across conversations so they do not have to repeat themselves. |
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3 comments very cool, just used it with tiny llama. it's neat when you don't need internet for a quick task These local LLMs might be a perfect mix of efficiency & privacy, guess I finally got to upgrade my 2015 Macbook  thatalexpalmer.ethSubmitter I've used this for almost two weeks with Mistral and other models and it's delightful. |