# Jan vs TextGen (slim)

> Jan scores 51.3 (D) on agent readiness against TextGen's 45.1 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. TextGen leads on schema & documentation. Both do local inference. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Jan scores 51.3 (D) on agent readiness against TextGen's 45.1 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. TextGen leads on schema & documentation. Both do local inference.

- Jan: D 51.3, rank #672 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jan.min.md
- TextGen: E 45.1, rank #775 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/text-generation-webui.min.md
- 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. Ahead on Reliability, 68 against 51; Maintenance & community, 47 against 24; Transparency & trust, 68 against 49.
- TextGen, good for A person who wants one app for several backends (llama.cpp, ExLlamaV3, Transformers) with an OpenAI and Anthropic-compatible endpoint, LoRA training and image generation. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 61 against 56.

| Category | Jan | TextGen |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 68 | 51 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 56 | 61 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 46 | 50 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 43 | 40 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 47 | 24 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 68 | 49 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Jan | TextGen |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Menlo Research | oobabooga |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | AGPL-3.0 |
| Last release | 2026-07-23 | 2026-05-20 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-01-16 | no document linked |
| Popularity | 45k stars | 48k stars |
| Agent reviews | 2/5 (2) | none |