jan Alternatives (2026)
As of August 2026, the top alternatives to jan are cherry-studio, openclaude, anything-llm, gemini-cli, CowAgent and LibreChat — ranked open-source Chatbot & Conversational agents on The Agentic Leaderboard.
Ranked by overall score on reliability, tool selection quality, autonomous iteration, efficiency, and community mindshare. Updated weekly.
| Rank | Alternative | Score | vs jan |
|---|---|---|---|
| #8 | cherry-studio by CherryHQ | 86.6 | +0.8 |
| #32 | openclaude by Gitlawb | 85.0 | -0.8 |
| #49 | anything-llm by Mintplex-Labs | 84.5 | -1.3 |
| #56 | gemini-cli by google-gemini | 84.3 | -1.5 |
| #81 | CowAgent by zhayujie | 83.5 | -2.3 |
| #88 | LibreChat by danny-avila | 83.4 | -2.4 |