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llmfit

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llmfit is a Rust-based terminal tool that matches over 200 LLM models from 30+ providers against your exact hardware specs. The interactive TUI scores each model on fit, speed, VRAM usage, and context length, helping you avoid downloading models that won't run on your machine. It supports Ollama, llama.cpp, MLX, Docker Model Runner, and LM Studio backends.

Free and 100% open source under the MIT license. llmfit has no licensing costs or subscription fees; it installs locally via Homebrew, Cargo, or shell script.
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Google AI Edge Gallery

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Google AI Edge Gallery is an open-source mobile app that lets you download and run large language models like Gemma directly on Android and iOS devices with zero cloud dependency. Built on MediaPipe and LiteRT, it features AI chat with reasoning mode, multimodal image analysis, real-time audio transcription, and autonomous agent skills—all running entirely on-device for complete privacy. A reference implementation for developers building offline-first AI experiences.

100% free and open-source on-device AI showcase and developer framework platform by Google (Apache-2.0). Provides zero-cost access to LiteRT (formerly TensorFlow Lite) and MediaPipe model runtimes, LiteRT-LM conversational pipelines, on-device Gemma LLMs, and reference mobile applications on GitHub and Google Play with no licensing fees or API charges.
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RamaLama

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RamaLama is an open-source tool that containerizes AI model inference using Podman or Docker, eliminating host system configuration complexity. It auto-detects GPUs (NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, Apple Silicon), pulls models from HuggingFace, Ollama, and OCI registries, and runs them in isolated rootless containers with read-only mounts and network isolation. Developed under the Containers project (Red Hat ecosystem), it brings familiar container workflows to local LLM serving.

RamaLama is 100% free and open-source under the MIT license, backed by Red Hat to run and serve AI models inside isolated, rootless Podman or Docker containers with zero license fees.

Open-source Jan alternatives

llmfit, Google AI Edge Gallery, RamaLama — see all open-source developer tools.

Free Jan alternatives

Google AI Edge Gallery offer a free plan or free tier.

More Model Providers tools

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ClaudeAnthropic's AI assistant known for strong reasoning, nuanced writing, and extended context up to 200K tokens. Available in Opus (most capable), Sonnet (balanced), and Haiku (fast) tiers. Features web search, deep research, file analysis, code execution, artifacts, and Projects for organized workflows. Claude Code provides terminal-based agentic coding. API supports tool use, batch processing, and prompt caching. Available via claude.ai, mobile apps, and developer API.CerebrasCerebras Inference serves open-weight LLMs like Llama, Qwen, and GPT-OSS on wafer-scale CS-3 chips through an OpenAI-compatible API, benchmarking between 1,800 and 2,600 output tokens per second on Llama 3.1 8B and several hundred on 70B models. A free tier offers one million tokens per day with no credit card, while paid pay-per-token pricing starts at $0.04 per million tokens for the smaller Llama models.ChatGPTChatGPT is OpenAI’s consumer and business assistant for everyday Q&A, writing, coding help, image tools, deep research, and workspace collaboration across web and apps. Plans span Free, Go, Plus, Pro, Business, and Enterprise on chatgpt.com.GroqGroq is an AI inference provider built around custom Language Processing Unit (LPU) hardware for low-latency open-weight model serving. GroqCloud exposes an OpenAI-compatible API for Llama, GPT-OSS, Qwen, Kimi, DeepSeek, Gemma, Whisper, and related models, with high token-throughput positioning, model-specific rate limits, and usage-based pricing.vLLMvLLM is an Apache-2.0 LLM inference and serving engine focused on high-throughput self-hosted model APIs. It combines PagedAttention, continuous batching, prefix caching, quantization options, OpenAI-compatible serving, structured outputs, metrics, Docker/Kubernetes deployment guidance and integrations with agent and LLM frameworks.Anthropic APIOfficial API for Anthropic's Claude models (Fable, Opus, Sonnet and Haiku families). Supports the Messages API with tool use, computer and browser use, adaptive thinking, prompt caching, batch processing, streaming and vision, plus Claude Managed Agents. Available directly, through Claude Platform on AWS, Amazon Bedrock, Microsoft Foundry and, since October 2026, as Anthropic-managed Claude Models on Google Cloud with Google Cloud IAM and Marketplace billing.DeepSeekChinese AI research lab developing low-cost reasoning and coding models with a fast-moving hosted API surface. Current API docs list DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 (model name deepseek-flash, with vision) and DeepSeek-V4-Pro, with thinking/non-thinking modes, OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible endpoints, 1M context, JSON output and tool calls, plus standalone Search and Fetch APIs. Free chat and paid API access; open weights on Hugging Face.Hugging FaceOpen-source platform for building, sharing, and deploying machine learning models and datasets. Hosts 500k+ models, 100k+ datasets, and Spaces for interactive demos. The central hub of the open-source AI ecosystem, providing model discovery, inference APIs, and collaborative tools that make it the GitHub of machine learning for researchers and developers worldwide.Together AITogether AI is a cloud platform for running, fine-tuning, batching, and training open-weight AI models. It supports serverless inference, dedicated endpoints, LoRA and full fine-tuning, GPU clusters, code-execution sandboxes, and async batch jobs up to 30B tokens per model. Current docs list fast-moving families such as Qwen, Kimi, GLM, GPT-OSS, DeepSeek, Llama, MiniMax, and Mistral.

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FAQ

Which Jan alternative is listed first?

llmfit is first in the editor-selected list of 3 Jan alternatives. The stored order is editorial; review scores do not determine membership or position.

Are there open-source Jan alternatives?

Yes — llmfit, Google AI Edge Gallery, RamaLama are open source.

Are there free Jan alternatives?

Yes — Google AI Edge Gallery offer a free plan or free tier.