Is Jan Still Maintained? Live GitHub Status
Jan is an open-source desktop app for running LLMs locally, with an OpenAI-compatible local server.
Short answer: Yes, it is actively maintained. Health score 98/100. Checked 18 Oct 2026.
What the numbers say
Jan’s main branch received 1,050 commits in the last 91 days, against 1,170 in the same 91 days a year earlier (−10%). Activity is at least half of last year’s pace and no maintenance notice was found, so the index labels it active. It has 45,002 stars on GitHub. GitHub does not recognise its licence as a standard one, so read the licence file before commercial use.
Jan security practices and adoption
Latest release
GitHub: files attached to the latest release and how often they were downloaded
- Versionv0.8.6
- Published9 Oct 2026
- Downloads of its 11 files115,322
- Contributors161
Scorecard checks security practices such as code review, branch protection and pinned dependencies; it does not find bugs, and a low score does not mean the software is unsafe. Dependents and download counts show reach, not quality. Sources: GitHub, read 18 Oct 2026, 16:32 UTC.
Health score breakdown
| Part | Points | Based on |
|---|---|---|
| Activity | 35.0 / 35 | 1,050 commits in the last 91 days (full marks at 600) |
| Trend | 17.9 / 20 | 90% of last year’s pace (full marks at 100%) |
| Recency | 15.0 / 15 | last commit 2 days ago |
| Releases | 10.0 / 10 | latest GitHub release 9 days ago |
| Community | 20.0 / 20 | 312 pull requests merged in the last 91 days (full marks at 300) |
Open issues and pull requests: 583. The score summarises maintenance signals only, not quality or security. How the score works
Jan: common questions
Is Jan still maintained?
Yes. As of 18 October 2026, Jan received 1,050 commits in the last 91 days and its latest commit is from 16 October 2026, and no maintenance notice was found. Its health score is 98 out of 100.
What is the latest Jan release?
The latest GitHub release of Jan is v0.8.6, published on 9 October 2026.
How many people contribute to Jan?
GitHub lists 161 contributors for Jan. 312 pull requests were merged in the last 91 days.
What licence does Jan use?
GitHub does not match the Jan licence to a standard one, so read its licence file before commercial use.
How is the health score calculated?
It adds five parts from public GitHub data: commit activity over 91 days (35 points), the trend against the same period last year (20), how recent the last commit is (15), how recent the last release is (10) and merged pull requests (20). Archived projects score 0; a maintenance notice caps the score at 25. It measures maintenance signals only, not code quality or security.
Visitor rating
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Ratings come from visitors, not from EvalAITools, and are not part of the health status above. One rating per visitor per tool every 30 days.
Daily snapshots
| Date (UTC) | Stars | Commits, last 91 days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Oct 2026 | 44,983 | 1,050 | Active |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 44,972 | 1,050 | Active |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 44,962 | 1,048 | Active |
One snapshot is stored per day, starting 16 October 2026. No status change has been recorded for Jan since then.
Other local llm tools
| Tool | Status | Stars | Commits (91d) | vs last year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ollama | Active | 184k | 372 | +40% |
| Open WebUI | Active | 156k | 2,142 | +19% |
| llama.cpp | Active | 132k | 1,653 | +94% |
| vLLM | Active | 94.1k | 4,411 | +59% |
| LobeChat | Active | 83.3k | 2,597 | +169% |
| GPT4All | No recent commits | 77.3k | 0 | — |
| whisper.cpp | Active | 54.5k | 621 | +30% |
| LocalAI | Active | 49.6k | 1,482 | +185% |
| exo | Active | 48.0k | 92 | −6% |
| TextGen | Slowing down | 47.7k | 1 | −100% |
| LibreChat | Active | 45.9k | 1,589 | +289% |
| Jan | Active | 45.0k | 1,050 | −10% |
| SGLang | Active | 37.3k | 4,904 | +155% |
| llamafile | Active | 26.4k | 21 | — |
| MLC LLM | Slowing down | 23.3k | 18 | −55% |
| TensorRT-LLM | Active | 14.9k | 2,367 | +79% |
| KoboldCpp | Active | 12.0k | 1,886 | +62% |
| TGI (Hugging Face) | Archived | 10.9k | 0 | −100% |
| LMDeploy | Active | 8.1k | 148 | −5% |
| MLX-LM | Active | 7.4k | 134 | +6% |
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How this is measured: commits on the repository’s default branch counted through the GitHub API, the last 91 days against the same 91 days a year earlier; archived flag and licence from the repository; README checked daily for maintenance notices. Commit counts measure activity, not quality, and we have not tested this tool ourselves for this page.