AnythingLLM vs Jan vs Open WebUI

Side by side, as alternatives to ChatGPT Plus. Rows that differ are highlighted; the strongest value in a row is marked. Unknown means no source yet.

AnythingLLMMintplex-Labs/anything-llm

Janjanhq/jan

Open WebUIopen-webui/open-webui

ChatGPT Pluspaid product

Cost and coverage

Price

$0 software; you run it

Plus $20/month; Pro from $100/month source ↗

Chat assistant

Partly

Yes

Chat with your documents

Partly

Yes

Web search answers

Partly

Yes

Jobs covered

2 of 3 jobs

1 of 3 jobs

3 of 3 jobs

All 3

Popularity and activity (from GitHub)

Stars

67,366

45,023

156,304Top

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Gain this week

Unknown

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Signal

Building history

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Commits / 4 wk

123

195

814Top

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Latest release

v1.18.0 · 2026-10-13

v0.8.7 · 2026-10-20Top

v0.12.3 · 2026-10-16

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Commits / 12 wk

299

748

1,869

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People committing / 12 mo

55+

46+

140+

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Issues opened / closed, 30 days

174 / 155

119 / 137

626 / 644

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Facts, with sources on each project page

Runs on my machine?Differs

Yes, desktop app or Docker; local by default

Yes, desktop app running models offline

Yes, self-hosted web app via pip or Docker; can run fully offline

Hosted by the vendor

Code licenceDiffers

MIT

Apache-2.0 (attribution requested)

Open WebUI License (BSD-3 style + branding clause); not OSI-approved

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Model weights licenceDiffers

No bundled chat weights; licence depends on the model you pick

No bundled weights; licence depends on the model you download

No bundled weights; licence depends on the model you connect

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Commercial useDiffers

Yes, MIT code; check the licence or terms of the model you use

Yes, Apache-2.0 app; check the licence of the model you use

Yes, but branding must stay above 50 users/30 days unless enterprise licence

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Paid services needed?Differs

None required; local LLM, embedder and vector DB by default; cloud optional

None required; cloud model providers optional

None required with local Ollama; paid APIs and Enterprise plan optional

Subscription

HardwareDiffers

Recommended 16GB RAM, 8-core CPU; GPU recommended on Windows; storage varies by model

macOS 8GB RAM for 3B, 16GB for 7B, 32GB for 13B models; GPU optional

GPU optional (CUDA image falls back to CPU); RAM not documented; depends on model

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Operating systemsDiffers

Desktop for Mac, Windows and Linux; Docker for servers

Windows 10+, macOS 13.6+, Linux (deb, AppImage, Flathub)

macOS, Linux (x86_64, ARM64) and Windows (Docker via WSL)

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Setup effortDiffers

Easy; desktop installer, or Docker for multi-user

Easy; download installer (exe, dmg, deb, AppImage) or app stores

Easy; pip install open-webui (Python 3.11) or one Docker command

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Stars over time

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AnythingLLM
Jan
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AnythingLLM vs Jan vs Open WebUI (as alternatives to ChatGPT Plus)
Figures from RepoQuarry, 21 Oct 2026. Sources: https://repoquarry.dev/compare?ids=anything-llm,jan,open-webui&product=chatgpt-plus

ChatGPT Plus: Plus $20/month; Pro from $100/month
AnythingLLM: free software; does 2 of 3 ChatGPT Plus jobs
Jan: free software; does 1 of 3 ChatGPT Plus jobs
Open WebUI: free software; does 3 of 3 ChatGPT Plus jobs

- AnythingLLM: 67,366 GitHub stars, 299 commits in 12 weeks, licence MIT
- Jan: 45,023 GitHub stars, 748 commits in 12 weeks, licence Apache-2.0 (attribution requested)
- Open WebUI: 156,304 GitHub stars, 1,869 commits in 12 weeks, licence Open WebUI License (BSD-3 style + branding clause); not OSI-approved

Where they differ:
- Runs on my machine?: AnythingLLM Yes, desktop app or Docker; local by default; Jan Yes, desktop app running models offline; Open WebUI Yes, self-hosted web app via pip or Docker; can run fully offline
- Code licence: AnythingLLM MIT; Jan Apache-2.0 (attribution requested); Open WebUI Open WebUI License (BSD-3 style + branding clause); not OSI-approved
- Model weights licence: AnythingLLM No bundled chat weights; licence depends on the model you pick; Jan No bundled weights; licence depends on the model you download; Open WebUI No bundled weights; licence depends on the model you connect
- Commercial use: AnythingLLM Yes, MIT code; check the licence or terms of the model you use; Jan Yes, Apache-2.0 app; check the licence of the model you use; Open WebUI Yes, but branding must stay above 50 users/30 days unless enterprise licence
- Paid services needed?: AnythingLLM None required; local LLM, embedder and vector DB by default; cloud optional; Jan None required; cloud model providers optional; Open WebUI None required with local Ollama; paid APIs and Enterprise plan optional
- Hardware: AnythingLLM Recommended 16GB RAM, 8-core CPU; GPU recommended on Windows; storage varies by model; Jan macOS 8GB RAM for 3B, 16GB for 7B, 32GB for 13B models; GPU optional; Open WebUI GPU optional (CUDA image falls back to CPU); RAM not documented; depends on model
- Operating systems: AnythingLLM Desktop for Mac, Windows and Linux; Docker for servers; Jan Windows 10+, macOS 13.6+, Linux (deb, AppImage, Flathub); Open WebUI macOS, Linux (x86_64, ARM64) and Windows (Docker via WSL)
- Setup effort: AnythingLLM Easy; desktop installer, or Docker for multi-user; Jan Easy; download installer (exe, dmg, deb, AppImage) or app stores; Open WebUI Easy; pip install open-webui (Python 3.11) or one Docker command

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