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Jan AI—100% Offline ChatGPT Alternative Run Local Models on Desktop, No Data Leaks!
Aug 18, 2025
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Uh hey guys welcome to this video. So in
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this video I show you a open-source
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alternative to chat GPT. So this is the
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website here J.AI.
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If you visit this inside the browser
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this is as you can see they are claiming
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that you can chat with AI without
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privacy concerns and it's an open-source
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chat GPT alternative that runs 100%
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offline. So it's a desktop application.
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You just need to click on download. It's
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available for various Mac as well, Mac,
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Windows, Linux. It's a cross-platform
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solution.
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So once you get installed, you will be
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able to ask questions similar to as you
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do in chat GPT. So click on this
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download button. It's just 45 mgabytes.
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So once it is installed, let me just run
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this .exe file.
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So just wait for the installations to
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complete here.
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So as you can see on their page, this is
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completely 100% open-source. So it
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doesn't cost you any subscription fees.
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So just install this as a desktop
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application. So you can chat with the
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AI, ask any question and learn from the
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AI running on your device. You can
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basically access any model, connect to
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cloud AIS as well or connect to your
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local AI as well, local API server, chat
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with your files as well. So you can see
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various developers are finding this to
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be very useful. So now once it is loaded
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the interface looks something like this
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and uh in the background here this is it
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is downloading a local llama model right
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here which is round about 48
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mgabytes. So once the download completes
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you will be able to chat. So
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you can set up a local model as well.
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It will load all the local models which
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are available right here. Jan, GPTO,
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OSS.
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It also shows the size as well and a
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download button. So you can easily
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download any local model inside your
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local machine to run it inside. And this
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is you can see Jama 2 billion which is a
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latest model by Google. So it has all
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these models available. You just need to
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drag and drop and it shows all the
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models for you which are available for
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completely free. So it's a very handy
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solution. Uh it's available right here
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inside your machine and uh
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now to chat you click on the new chat
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button once the model get installed. You
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click on new chat and you first of all
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need to set up the local model. So it is
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just downloading. So just wait for the
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downloading to finish. You can even set
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up a local remote provider as well. If
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you have an API key, you insert the API
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key and all the companies models are
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available which is Llama, OpenAI,
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Anthropic, Open Router, Croc, Gemini,
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Hugging Face. So you simply click on the
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provider just uh after you do this
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simply insert your API key if you have
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this after that you can chat with the
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right inside the browser. So you can
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access all the models in a single
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solution. So this is the solution right
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here. Simply install this J.AI.
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It's completely open-source chart GPT
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alternative which you can access any
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model for completely free and even set
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up your local models as well. So right
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here in the hardware section it shows
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you all your information
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how much memory it is using. It also
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shows you
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total RAM available RAM. So,
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so you can run your own local API
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server.
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So, just wait here as it is installing.
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It's around about 81%. So, let me just
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show you how to set up your own AI
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locally.
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So here you can control the theme here.
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You can switch to dark theme as well
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and you can also change the background
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color as well. So all these things you
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can customize it. The code block will
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look you can also change the theme as
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well.
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So it's in search.
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So now if you see the download has been
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complete, you get this notification. So
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now if you go to new chat, click on
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setup local model.
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You simply go to downloaded models.
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Set up your local
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So as you can see right here.
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So this is a software guys. You can
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definitely install this and uh
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inside your setting section.
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You can install any open-source model
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from hugging face. So you can change
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this location. All your data will be
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stored right here. This is the model
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which is installed right here. If you
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see
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simply click on this once you install
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the model click on start server. Now
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here you just need to enter the API key.
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So if you want to install any model, you
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click the download button and the
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download will start.
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So definitely check out this solution.
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