Jan: open source offline ChatGPT alternative, 3B models on 8GB RAM
alex_verem · x · 2026-11-01
Jan is an open source ChatGPT alternative that runs 100% offline (45.2k GitHub stars): download a model once and chat offline. On a Mac, 8GB of RAM handles small 3B models good for drafts and summaries; 16GB gets you 7B models.
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