Jan vs ChatGPT Plus

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.

Also replaces ChatGPT Plus: + Ollama + Open WebUI + Odysseus + LobeHub (formerly LobeChat)+ AnythingLLM + LibreChat

Janjanhq/jan

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

Yes

Web search answers

Yes

Jobs covered

1 of 3 jobs

All 3

Popularity and activity (from GitHub)

Stars

45,023

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Gain this week

Unknown

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Signal

Building history

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Commits / 4 wk

195

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Latest release

v0.8.7 · 2026-10-20

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Commits / 12 wk

748

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People committing / 12 mo

46+

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Issues opened / closed, 30 days

119 / 137

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Facts, with sources on each project page

Runs on my machine?

Yes, desktop app running models offline

Hosted by the vendor

Code licence

Apache-2.0 (attribution requested)

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Model weights licence

No bundled weights; licence depends on the model you download

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Commercial use

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

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Paid services needed?

None required; cloud model providers optional

Subscription

Hardware

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

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Operating systems

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

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Setup effort

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

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Stars over time

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Tracked daily since 15 Oct 2026. Dashed history: estimated from public records of when people starred the repo. Lines connect observations only; gaps contain no measured points.

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

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

- Jan: 45,023 GitHub stars, 748 commits in 12 weeks, licence Apache-2.0 (attribution requested)

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