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Jan vs Your Own AI
Desktop app for local LLMs without the optional online model marketplace and cryptographic receipts.
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Your Own AI AI Characters to Live, Learn and Grow with. Privately.Which to pick
Pick Jan if you want…
- Local LLM chat with optional cloud models
- Local desktop LLM runner
- A free, open-source tool
- Integrations with OpenAI, Anthropic or Mistral AI (on Jan's list, not Your Own AI's)
Pick Your Own AI if you want…
- Private offline AI with optional online routing
- Integrations with Hermes Agent, OpenClaw or Flowsta Vault (on Your Own AI's list, not Jan's)
Side by side
- What it is
- Jan:Jan is an open-source desktop app that lets you run LLMs locally or connect to cloud providers.
- Your Own AI:Your Own AI runs private, offline LLMs on your machine with optional paid online models.
- Best for
- Jan:Local LLM chat with optional cloud models
- Your Own AI:Private offline AI with optional online routing
- Who it’s for
- Jan:Developers and power users who want a private, self-hosted AI chat interface.
- Your Own AI:Developers and power users needing secure, local AI assistants.
- Pricing
- Jan:Open source
- Your Own AI:Freemium
- Plans
- Jan:—
- Your Own AI:Free $0 · Pro $220/year per year · Power $660/year per year · Ultra $2200/year per year
- Open source
- Jan:Yes, 44,797 GitHub stars
- Your Own AI:—
- Works with
- Jan:OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral AI, DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, Hugging Face
- Your Own AI:Hermes Agent, OpenClaw, Flowsta Vault
Jan features
- Run any model locally. Execute open-source LLMs on your machine without external APIs.
- Connect to cloud models. Add providers like OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Meta Llama, etc.
- Web search integration. Jan can perform real-time web searches before answering.
- MCP options. Supports multi-candidate prompting for richer responses.
- Open-source & lightweight. Free, community-driven code with a minimalist UI.
- Memory (coming soon). Will retain context and preferences across sessions.
Your Own AI features
- Offline local models. Run AI inference entirely on your hardware with no data leaving the device.
- Encrypted memory. Conversation history is stored encrypted and signed, verifiable via Holochain.
- Document Q&A. Ask questions over your own documents and get answers linked to source lines.
- Code assistance. AI can read, edit, and run commands in your project folder with permission.
- OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Expose a local API for editors, agents and scripts to use your AI.
- Hybrid routing. Automatically routes queries to the best offline or online model based on difficulty.
- Signed receipts. Export cryptographically signed records of each AI interaction.
- Extensible personalities. Create custom AI characters with persistent memory and backstories.
Jan vs Your Own AI FAQ
Is Jan or Your Own AI free?+
Jan is free and open source. Your Own AI has a free plan and paid plans.
Is Jan or Your Own AI open source?+
Jan is open source (janhq/jan on GitHub). DevHunt has no public source repository on record for Your Own AI.
Do Jan and Your Own AI integrate with the same tools?+
Their integration lists don't overlap: Jan lists OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral AI, DeepSeek and 2 more; Your Own AI lists Hermes Agent, OpenClaw and Flowsta Vault.
On DevHunt
Based on each tool's website and DevHunt data. Details may change; check the official sites.