# Jan vs LocalAI (slim)

> LocalAI has a score of 68 (B) against Jan's 51.4 (D). Both do local inference. The largest gap is maintenance & community, 33 points. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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LocalAI has a score of 68 (B) against Jan's 51.4 (D). Both do local inference. The largest gap is maintenance & community, 33 points.

- Jan: D 51.4, rank #349 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jan.min.md
- LocalAI: B 68, rank #133 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/localai.min.md
- Pick Jan for transparency & trust (+22). Pick LocalAI for reliability (+16), schema & documentation (+25), agent ergonomics (+25), security & auth (+19), maintenance & community (+33).

| Category | Jan | LocalAI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 68 | 84 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 56 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 46 | 71 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 43 | 62 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 47 | 80 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 69 | 47 |