Jan: User-friendly desktop app for local model execution, but focuses on client-side running rather than cloud model hubs. Jan records 291,894 monthly visits with -9.6% month-over-month growth and Free pricing. ModelScope records 3,085,423 monthly visits with +5.1% growth and Free pricing.
Open-source desktop AI that runs models locally on your own machine
Open-source model and dataset hub with one-click online demos
| Dimension / Metric | ||
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | jan.ai | modelscope.cn |
| Pricing Model | Free | Free |
| Monthly Visits | 291.89K (291,894) | 3.09M (3,085,423) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | -30.85K (-9.6%) | +149.05K (+5.1%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (23%) | 🇨🇳 China (82.3%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 105.62K | 2.11M |
| User Rating | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| 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.
Open-source model and dataset hub with one-click online demos
Browse and download thousands of pretrained models and datasets across NLP, vision, audio, and multimodal tasks.
Try models directly in the browser through hosted inference demos without local setup.
Run training and fine-tuning in cloud notebooks with complimentary GPU and CPU resources.
Integrate ModelScope models into your own pipelines using the official Python package and APIs.
Free / Open-sourceThe global standard open-source AI hub offering vastly larger model and dataset repositories than ModelScope.
Free / Open-sourceThe global standard open-source AI hub offering vastly larger model and dataset repositories than ModelScope.
SpecialistConvenient API gateway for multi-model access, but does not provide ModelScope's open-source model repository or dataset hosting.
SpecialistConvenient API gateway for multi-model access, but does not provide ModelScope's open-source model repository or dataset hosting.
Free / Open-sourceStreamlined local CLI runtime for running LLMs, but lacks ModelScope's web-based model hosting and dataset discovery.
Free / Open-sourceStreamlined local CLI runtime for running LLMs, but lacks ModelScope's web-based model hosting and dataset discovery.
SpecialistSuperior community hub specifically for generative image and media models, but lacks ModelScope's broad NLP and code support.
Robust cloud infrastructure for running open-source models via API, but lacks ModelScope's community-driven model discovery and demo workspace.
Robust cloud infrastructure for running open-source models via API, but lacks ModelScope's community-driven model discovery and demo workspace.
Free / Open-sourceFeature-rich self-hosted chat interface for local models, but lacks ModelScope's comprehensive repository of raw model weights and datasets.
Free / Open-sourceFeature-rich self-hosted chat interface for local models, but lacks ModelScope's comprehensive repository of raw model weights and datasets.
SpecialistSpecializes in document chat and local RAG workflows, though less focused on general-purpose model tinkering than Jan.
SpecialistSpecializes in document chat and local RAG workflows, though less focused on general-purpose model tinkering than Jan.
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.
SpecialistTrack, evaluate, and ship AI models and agents in one connected environment.
SpecialistTrack, evaluate, and ship AI models and agents in one connected environment.
SpecialistFree, open-source AI app builder that runs on your own machine
Free / Open-sourceRun local AI for text, images and speech on your own machine
Free / Open-sourceRun local AI for text, images and speech on your own machine
SpecialistOpen-source coding agent built for low-cost, open-weight language models
SpecialistOpen-source coding agent built for low-cost, open-weight language models
