Jan records 291,894 monthly visits with -9.6% month-over-month growth and Free pricing. Linkly AI records 28,919 monthly visits with -43.3% growth and Free pricing.
Open-source desktop AI that runs models locally on your own machine
Turn your local files into AI-ready context
| Dimension / Metric | ||
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | jan.ai | linkly.ai |
| Pricing Model | Free | Free |
| Monthly Visits | 291.89K (291,894) | 28.92K (28,919) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | -30.85K (-9.6%) | -22.09K (-43.3%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (23%) | 🇨🇳 China (67.9%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 105.62K | 12.72K |
| User Rating | 4.6 | 4.2 |
| Supported Platforms | Website | Website |
Open-source desktop AI that runs models locally on your own machine
Download and run open models such as Llama, Mistral, Qwen, Gemma, and DeepSeek directly on your own machine, with chat data kept on device.
Optionally connect API keys for OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Mistral, and other providers to route requests to frontier models from the same interface.
Jan exposes a local server endpoint that follows the OpenAI API shape, so existing SDKs and tools can talk to your local models without code changes.
Create assistants with their own system instructions, model selection, and parameters, then reuse them across conversations.
Turn your local files into AI-ready context
Files are parsed and indexed on your own machine, so third-party models only ever receive the snippets they need rather than your originals.
Handles PDF, DOCX, PPTX, Markdown, HTML, EPUB, TXT, images with OCR, and common audio and video formats.
A local multilingual model powers semantic search across hundreds of languages, so you can query in one language and find documents in another.
Ships with a CLI, an MCP server and official Agent Skills that plug into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Windsurf, Gemini CLI and other agentic tools.
Free / Open-sourceProvides a lightweight command-line runtime for local LLMs, though it lacks Jan's built-in graphical user interface.
Free / Open-sourceProvides a lightweight command-line runtime for local LLMs, though it lacks Jan's built-in graphical user interface.
Local-first AI memory that makes your videos, audio and documents searchable
Local-first AI memory that makes your videos, audio and documents searchable
Free / Open-sourceOffers a powerful self-hosted web interface for local models, but requires manual Docker setup rather than desktop installation.
Free / Open-sourceOffers a powerful self-hosted web interface for local models, but requires manual Docker setup rather than desktop installation.
Free / Open-sourceOwn your intelligence: a private AI assistant that runs entirely on your machine
Free / Open-sourceOwn your intelligence: a private AI assistant that runs entirely on your machine
Custom AI agents trained on your documentation and knowledge base
Custom AI agents trained on your documentation and knowledge base
Free / Open-sourceUnites multiple AI providers in a customizable open-source platform, but is typically deployed as a web server.
Free / Open-sourceUnites multiple AI providers in a customizable open-source platform, but is typically deployed as a web server.
SpecialistFree, open-source AI app builder that runs on your own machine
Free / Open-sourceOpen-source, privacy-first AI meeting assistant that runs locally
Free / Open-sourceOpen-source, privacy-first AI meeting assistant that runs locally
Free / Open-sourceActs as an open-source local AI server supporting multimodal models, though it is less established as a desktop client.
Free / Open-sourceActs as an open-source local AI server supporting multimodal models, though it is less established as a desktop client.
Private AI that answers from your own documents, on Mac and Windows
Private AI that answers from your own documents, on Mac and Windows
SpecialistOpen-source coding agent built for low-cost, open-weight language models
SpecialistOpen-source coding agent built for low-cost, open-weight language models
