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Jan – Open-Source ChatGPT Replacement

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Post by jantissler » Mon, Jul 20, 2026, 9:45 PM UTC

Jan – Open-Source ChatGPT Replacement
jan.ai

Re: Jan – Open-Source ChatGPT Replacement

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Post by jantissler » Mon, Jul 20, 2026, 9:45 PM UTC

Just leaving this here because Nativ claims to be the only local AI app that is open source. [0][1]

[0] "Why we’re open source when nobody else is." – https://blaizzy.github.io/nativ/ [1] Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48982681

Re: Jan – Open-Source ChatGPT Replacement

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Post by trilogic » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 12:54 PM UTC

jantissler wrote: post #2

Just leaving this here because Nativ claims to be the only local AI app that is open source. [0][1] [0] "Why we’re open source when nobody else is." – https://blaizzy.github.io/nativ/ [1] Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48982681

But it needs internet connection to work first time and has telemetry on it. It is still a nice app though. HugstonOne has an open source version also but the features kept getting stolen (i:e first openai with the memory feature then deepseek with the dragsplit in gui no credits given). Make jan great again, take off telemetry and make it fully offline.