{"id":1290,"date":"2026-09-17T16:56:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T07:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/localmodelwatch.tsuchitsuchi.com\/engine-jan-en\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T11:58:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T02:58:17","slug":"engine-jan-en","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/localmodelwatch.tsuchitsuchi.com\/en\/engine-jan-en\/","title":{"rendered":"Jan: Releases and Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Offline desktop chat app with llama.cpp built in; doubles as a local API server.<\/p>\n

Category: UIs and desktop apps. Part of our engine and tool tracker<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

At a Glance<\/h2>\n
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Item<\/th>\nValue<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Repository<\/td>\nmenloresearch\/jan<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
License<\/td>\nNOASSERTION<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Main language<\/td>\nTypeScript<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GitHub stars<\/td>\n44,504 (as of 2026-09-17)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Latest release<\/td>\nv0.8.4<\/a> (2026-07-23)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Install \/ docs<\/td>\nofficial documentation<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

The project describes itself as: \u201cJan is an open source alternative to ChatGPT that runs 100% offline on your computer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Release History<\/h2>\n

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.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Version<\/th>\nReleased<\/th>\nRelease notes<\/th>\nOur article<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
v0.8.4<\/td>\n2026-07-23<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.8.3<\/td>\n2026-06-24<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.8.2<\/td>\n2026-06-01<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.8.1<\/td>\n2026-05-29<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.8.0<\/td>\n2026-05-22<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.7.9<\/td>\n2026-03-23<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.7.8<\/td>\n2026-03-11<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.7.7<\/td>\n2026-02-11<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.7.6<\/td>\n2026-01-27<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.7.5<\/td>\n2025-12-08<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.7.4<\/td>\n2025-12-05<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.7.3<\/td>\n2025-11-13<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.7.2<\/td>\n2025-10-16<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.7.1<\/td>\n2025-10-04<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.7.0<\/td>\n2025-10-02<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.6.10<\/td>\n2025-09-18<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.6.9<\/td>\n2025-08-28<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.6.8<\/td>\n2025-08-14<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.6.7<\/td>\n2025-08-06<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.6.6<\/td>\n2025-07-31<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.6.5<\/td>\n2025-07-17<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.6.4<\/td>\n2025-07-01<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.6.3<\/td>\n2025-06-26<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.6.2<\/td>\n2025-06-26<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.6.1<\/td>\n2025-06-20<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.6.0<\/td>\n2025-06-19<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.5.17<\/td>\n2025-05-15<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.5.16<\/td>\n2025-03-24<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.5.15<\/td>\n2025-02-18<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.5.14<\/td>\n2025-01-23<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.5.13<\/td>\n2025-01-06<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.5.12<\/td>\n2024-12-30<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.5.11<\/td>\n2024-12-05<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.5.10<\/td>\n2024-12-03<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.5.9<\/td>\n2024-11-22<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.5.8<\/td>\n2024-11-13<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.5.7<\/td>\n2024-10-24<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.5.6<\/td>\n2024-10-04<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.5.5<\/td>\n2024-10-02<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.5.4<\/td>\n2024-09-17<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.5.3<\/td>\n2024-08-29<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.5.2<\/td>\n2024-07-15<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.5.1<\/td>\n2024-06-21<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.5.0<\/td>\n2024-06-03<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.4.14<\/td>\n2024-05-27<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.4.13<\/td>\n2024-05-20<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.4.12<\/td>\n2024-04-25<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.4.11<\/td>\n2024-04-15<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.4.10<\/td>\n2024-04-02<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.4.9<\/td>\n2024-03-19<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.4.8<\/td>\n2024-03-11<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.4.7<\/td>\n2024-02-26<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.4.6<\/td>\n2024-02-05<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.4.5<\/td>\n2024-01-29<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.4.4<\/td>\n2024-01-16<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.4.3<\/td>\n2023-12-21<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.4.2<\/td>\n2023-12-15<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.4.1<\/td>\n2023-12-14<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.4.0<\/td>\n2023-12-06<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v0.3.3<\/td>\n2023-11-29<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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