Jan: Releases and Overview
Offline desktop chat app with llama.cpp built in; doubles as a local API server.
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At a Glance
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | menloresearch/jan |
| License | NOASSERTION |
| Main language | TypeScript |
| GitHub stars | 44,504 (as of 2026-09-17) |
| Latest release | v0.8.4 (2026-07-23) |
| Install / docs | official documentation |
The project describes itself as: “Jan is an open source alternative to ChatGPT that runs 100% offline on your computer.”
Release History
Compiled by Local Model Watch from the project’s GitHub releases. Pre-releases are omitted. Where we wrote an article about a release, it is linked in the last column; smaller releases are tracked here only.
| Version | Released | Release notes | Our article |
|---|---|---|---|
| v0.8.4 | 2026-07-23 | GitHub | — |
| v0.8.3 | 2026-06-24 | GitHub | — |
| v0.8.2 | 2026-06-01 | GitHub | — |
| v0.8.1 | 2026-05-29 | GitHub | — |
| v0.8.0 | 2026-05-22 | GitHub | — |
| v0.7.9 | 2026-03-23 | GitHub | — |
| v0.7.8 | 2026-03-11 | GitHub | — |
| v0.7.7 | 2026-02-11 | GitHub | — |
| v0.7.6 | 2026-01-27 | GitHub | — |
| v0.7.5 | 2025-12-08 | GitHub | — |
| v0.7.4 | 2025-12-05 | GitHub | — |
| v0.7.3 | 2025-11-13 | GitHub | — |
| v0.7.2 | 2025-10-16 | GitHub | — |
| v0.7.1 | 2025-10-04 | GitHub | — |
| v0.7.0 | 2025-10-02 | GitHub | — |
| v0.6.10 | 2025-09-18 | GitHub | — |
| v0.6.9 | 2025-08-28 | GitHub | — |
| v0.6.8 | 2025-08-14 | GitHub | — |
| v0.6.7 | 2025-08-06 | GitHub | — |
| v0.6.6 | 2025-07-31 | GitHub | — |
| v0.6.5 | 2025-07-17 | GitHub | — |
| v0.6.4 | 2025-07-01 | GitHub | — |
| v0.6.3 | 2025-06-26 | GitHub | — |
| v0.6.2 | 2025-06-26 | GitHub | — |
| v0.6.1 | 2025-06-20 | GitHub | — |
| v0.6.0 | 2025-06-19 | GitHub | — |
| v0.5.17 | 2025-05-15 | GitHub | — |
| v0.5.16 | 2025-03-24 | GitHub | — |
| v0.5.15 | 2025-02-18 | GitHub | — |
| v0.5.14 | 2025-01-23 | GitHub | — |
| v0.5.13 | 2025-01-06 | GitHub | — |
| v0.5.12 | 2024-12-30 | GitHub | — |
| v0.5.11 | 2024-12-05 | GitHub | — |
| v0.5.10 | 2024-12-03 | GitHub | — |
| v0.5.9 | 2024-11-22 | GitHub | — |
| v0.5.8 | 2024-11-13 | GitHub | — |
| v0.5.7 | 2024-10-24 | GitHub | — |
| v0.5.6 | 2024-10-04 | GitHub | — |
| v0.5.5 | 2024-10-02 | GitHub | — |
| v0.5.4 | 2024-09-17 | GitHub | — |
| v0.5.3 | 2024-08-29 | GitHub | — |
| v0.5.2 | 2024-07-15 | GitHub | — |
| v0.5.1 | 2024-06-21 | GitHub | — |
| v0.5.0 | 2024-06-03 | GitHub | — |
| v0.4.14 | 2024-05-27 | GitHub | — |
| v0.4.13 | 2024-05-20 | GitHub | — |
| v0.4.12 | 2024-04-25 | GitHub | — |
| v0.4.11 | 2024-04-15 | GitHub | — |
| v0.4.10 | 2024-04-02 | GitHub | — |
| v0.4.9 | 2024-03-19 | GitHub | — |
| v0.4.8 | 2024-03-11 | GitHub | — |
| v0.4.7 | 2024-02-26 | GitHub | — |
| v0.4.6 | 2024-02-05 | GitHub | — |
| v0.4.5 | 2024-01-29 | GitHub | — |
| v0.4.4 | 2024-01-16 | GitHub | — |
| v0.4.3 | 2023-12-21 | GitHub | — |
| v0.4.2 | 2023-12-15 | GitHub | — |
| v0.4.1 | 2023-12-14 | GitHub | — |
| v0.4.0 | 2023-12-06 | GitHub | — |
| v0.3.3 | 2023-11-29 | GitHub | — |
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Last updated 2026-09-18 (JST). Facts above come from the GitHub API; the one-paragraph summary is written by the site’s editors.