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## What's different about it?

Jan is

| Mainstream | Jan |
| ------------------------------- | ---------------------------- |
| Closed-source | Open-source |
| Cloud-first | Local-first |
| AI Monopolies owned by Big Tech | Personal AI that you control |
| Monetize your users | Privacy as a human right |
| Consume | Create |
| | Status Quo | Jan |
| ---------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Ownership | AI Monopolies owned by Big Tech | AI that you own and control |
| Openness? | Closed-source | [Open-source (AGPLv3)](https://github.com/janhq/jan/blob/main/LICENSE) |
| Your role | Consume | Create, Tinker and Customize |
| Approach | Cloud | [Local-first](https://www.inkandswitch.com/local-first/), running 100% on your computer |
| Data | Data stored on their servers | Data stored in your local filesystem in open, non-proprietary file formats |
| Privacy | Privacy? | Runs 100% on your own machine, predictably, privately and offline |
| Transparency | "Black Box" | Runs predictability with code available to tinker and customize |
| What happens if there's an outage or goes out of business? | Your life's work held hostage in the cloud in proprietary data formats[^1] | Continues to run 100% on your computer, your data is safe in your local folder |
| Driving Philosophy | Monetize your users | Privacy as a human right and the [Right to Repair](https://www.repair.org/) |

## How do I get it?

## What license is the code under?

## What was it built with?


You can install and start using Jan in less than 5 minutes, from [jan.ai](https://jan.ai) or our [Github repo](https://github.com/janhq/jan).

You can read the [User Guide](/docs/user-guide) if you need some help to get started.

## What license is the code under?

Jan is built on an open-source, modular framework
Jan is licensed under the [AGPLv3 License](https://github.com/janhq/jan/blob/main/LICENSE).

that runs on your own computer, with a local API server. It is a ChatGPT-alternative that is designed to be private, local, and free from subscription fees.
We happily accept pull requests, however we do ask that you sign a [Contributor License Agreement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contributor_License_Agreement) so that we have the right to relicense your contributions[^2].

We also have a [Contributor Program](/docs/team/contributor-program) to provide ownership and upside to contributors who have made significant contributions to the project.

## What was it built with?

Jan believes in the need for an **open source AI ecosystem**. We are focused on building the infra and tooling to allow open source AIs to compete on a level playing field with proprietary ones.
Jan is pragmatically built using Javascript at the application level, and C++ at the Inference level (which we have refactored into [Nitro](https://nitro.jan.ai)). We use [Electron](https://www.electronjs.org/) to build the desktop client.

Jan's long-term technical endeavor is to build a cognitive framework for future robots, who are practical, useful assistants for humans and businesses in everyday life.
We have made similar choices to the [Next.js Enterprise Javascript Stack](https://vercel.com/templates/next.js/nextjs-enterprise-boilerplate), which is a [battle-tested](https://nextjs.org/showcase/enterprise) framework for building enterprise-grade applications.

## Contact

Drop us a message in our [Discord](https://discord.gg/af6SaTdzpx) and we'll get back to you.

- `#general`: for general discussion
- `#jan-dev`: for Jan-related questions
- `#nitro-dev`: for Nitro-related questions
- '#bd-inquiries': for enterprise license queries
- `#get-help`: for bug reports and troubleshooting
- `#roadmap`: for feature requests and ideas

## Footnotes

[^1]: Credit to Obsidian's original website
[^2]: Credit to [Discourse's About Page](https://www.discourse.org/about)

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