# Jan Alternative for Mac: An App Like Jan

Canonical page: https://macbase.app/alternatives/jan

Open-source ChatGPT alternative that runs AI models on your Mac or connects to cloud models.

Jan is open source and cross-platform, with an interface built on web technology rather than made for macOS. Those after something lighter look at native Mac apps, command-line runners, or tools with deeper document search.

- Website: https://jan.ai

## Mac apps people use instead of Jan for local ai & llms

- [Apple Intelligence API](https://macbase.app/apps/apple-intelligence-api): Local OpenAI-compatible API server for Apple Intelligence (Free, Local AI & LLMs, open source, 39 GitHub stars, Apple silicon, macOS 26 Tahoe or later, in English)

More: [every alternatives page](https://macbase.app/alternatives).