Ollama vs Jan

OllamaView

JanView

MLX Score

4.8

2.2

What it is

Run open models with one command or in its Mac app; its local API on port 11434 is what many other apps expect.

An open-source chat app that runs models on your Mac with a bundled llama.cpp engine, with a local API and optional cloud models.

Maker

Ollama

Menlo Research

Kind

Mac app · Run locally

Price

Free · from $20/mo

Free

Your data

On your Mac or in the cloud

Licence

MIT

Apache-2.0

Mac

macOS 14.0+

macOS 13.6+

iPhone

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Get it

Homebrew, Terminal, Website

Homebrew, Website

Checked

2026-11-01

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