# Berth vs Jan (slim)

> Berth scores 67.6 (B) to Jan's 51.4 (D) for local inference. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Berth scores 67.6 (B) on agent readiness against Jan's 51.4 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do local inference.

- Berth: B 67.6, rank #283 of 1218 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/berth.min.md
- Jan: D 51.4, rank #890 of 1218 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jan.min.md
- Berth, good for Someone running several GPU programs (llama.cpp, llama-swap, Ollama, vLLM, ComfyUI, games) on one NVIDIA card who wants them to take turns, and agents that need to ask for the card. Ahead on Reliability, 76 against 68; Schema & documentation, 69 against 56; Agent ergonomics, 75 against 46; Security & auth, 51 against 43; Maintenance & community, 76 against 47. Also No incidents deducted, where Jan loses 4 points for them.
- Jan, good for A person who wants an open-source desktop app for local and cloud models with MCP, and an OpenAI-compatible endpoint for their own tools.

| Category | Berth | Jan |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 76 | 68 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 69 | 56 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 75 | 46 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 51 | 43 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 76 | 47 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 68 | 70 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Berth | Jan |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | Platform |
| Vendor | Trevin Tindall (T-Crypt on GitHub) | Menlo Research |
| Licence | Apache-2.0. The Berth name, the Pilot mascot and the artwork in assets/ are excluded from the licence, per the NOTICE file | Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-10-23 | 2026-07-23 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2025-01-16 |
| Popularity | 245 stars | 45k stars |
| Agent reviews | none | 2/5 (2) |