Project comparison
Compare adoption, momentum, maintenance health, and project basics before choosing which tool to evaluate deeper.
Jan is an open source alternative to ChatGPT that runs 100% offline on your computer.
Best matched with other inference tools.
Unified Efficient Fine-Tuning of 100+ LLMs & VLMs (ACL 2024)
Best matched with other inference tools.
Llamafactory has the larger GitHub footprint with 73.5K stars.
Llamafactory is currently growing faster at +2.3K stars this week.
Jan has the stronger automated maintenance signal at 76/100. This is not a security or fit verdict.
Use these signals to narrow your choice, then confirm setup, license, and fit upstream.
| Signal | Jan | Llamafactory |
|---|---|---|
| Evidence status | Basic listing· 2026-10-04 09:17 UTC | Basic listing· 2026-10-04 09:18 UTC |
| GitHub stars | 42.5K | 73.5K |
| Weekly growth | +88 | +2.3K |
| Health score | Healthy76/100 | Healthy75/100 |
| Contributors | 171 | 288 |
| Commits per week | 52.2 | 5.2 |
| Open issues | 386 | 1.1K |
| Language | TypeScript | Python |
| License | NOASSERTION | Apache-2.0 |
| Last commit | 2026-05-11 14:40 UTC | 2026-07-17 14:50 UTC |
| Last release | v0.7.9 | v0.9.5 |
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