# Jan: self-hosting guide & alternatives | SelfHostAI

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Last updated: 2026-10-15


**Short answer:** How to self-host Jan: requirements, licence and alternatives.

Last updated: 15 October 2026 · No tax figures on this site, so no GOV.UK check applies; tool details come from each project's public GitHub repository · [Markdown version](https://ai.andreiturcea.com/tool-jan.html.md)

Offline ChatGPT alternative desktop app.

| Category | Chat UI |
|---|---|
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Repo | [janhq/jan](https://github.com/janhq/jan) |

## How do you self-host it?

See the official README for Docker or binary install. A 2 vCPU / 4 GB VPS runs most UIs; LLM runtimes need a GPU or must run small quantised models on CPU.

## What are the alternatives?

Open WebUI, LibreChat