# Jan - Self-Hosted AI Platform
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> ⚠️ **Jan is currently in Development**: Expect breaking changes and bugs!
Jan helps you run Local AI on your computer, with 1-click installs for the latest models. Easy-to-use yet powerful, with helpful tools to monitor and manage software-hardware performance.
Jan runs on a wide variety of hardware. We run on consumer-grade GPUs and Mac Minis, as well as datacenter-grade DGX H100 clusters.
Jan can be run as a server or cloud-native application for enterprise. We offer enterprise plugins for LDAP integration and Audit Logs. Contact us at [hello@jan.ai](mailto:hello@jan.ai) for more details.
Jan is free, [open core](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-core_model), and licensed under a Sustainable Use License.
## Demo
## Features
**Self-Hosted AI**
- [x] Self-hosted Llama2 and LLMs
- [ ] Self-hosted StableDiffusion and Controlnet
- [ ] 1-click installs for Models (coming soon)
**3rd-party AIs**
- [ ] Connect to ChatGPT, Claude via API Key (coming soon)
- [ ] Security policy engine for 3rd-party AIs (coming soon)
- [ ] Pre-flight PII and Sensitive Data checks (coming soon)
**Multi-Device**
- [x] Web App
- [ ] Jan Mobile support for custom Jan server (in progress)
- [ ] Cloud deployments (coming soon)
**Organization Tools**
- [x] Multi-user support
- [ ] Audit and Usage logs (coming soon)
- [ ] Compliance and Audit policy (coming soon)
**Hardware Support**
- [x] Nvidia GPUs
- [x] Apple Silicon (in progress)
- [x] CPU support via llama.cpp
- [ ] Nvidia GPUs using TensorRT (in progress)
## Documentation
👋 https://docs.jan.ai (Work in Progress)
## Installation
> ⚠️ **Jan is currently in Development**: Expect breaking changes and bugs!
### Step 1: Install Docker
Jan is currently packaged as a Docker Compose application.
- Docker ([Installation Instructions](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/))
- Docker Compose ([Installation Instructions](https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/))
### Step 2: Clone Repo
```bash
git clone https://github.com/janhq/jan.git
cd jan
```
### Step 3: Configure `.env`
We provide a sample `.env` file that you can use to get started.
```shell
cp sample.env .env
```
You will need to set the following `.env` variables
```shell
# TODO: Document .env variables
```
### Step 4: Install Models
> Note: These step will change soon as we will be switching to [Nitro](https://github.com/janhq/nitro), an Accelerated Inference Server written in C++
#### Step 4.1: Install Mamba
> For complete Mambaforge installation instructions, see [miniforge repo](https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge)
Install Mamba to handle native python binding (which can yield better performance on Mac M/ NVIDIA)
```bash
curl -L -O "https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge/releases/latest/download/Mambaforge-$(uname)-$(uname -m).sh"
bash Mambaforge-$(uname)-$(uname -m).sh
rm Mambaforge-$(uname)-$(uname -m).sh
# Create environment
conda create -n jan python=3.9.16
conda activate jan
```
Uninstall any previous versions of `llama-cpp-python`
```bash
pip uninstall llama-cpp-python -y
```
#### Step 4.2: Install `llama-cpp-python`
> Note: This step will change soon once [Nitro](https://github.com/janhq/nitro) (our accelerated inference server written in C++) is released
- On Mac
```bash
# See https://github.com/abetlen/llama-cpp-python/blob/main/docs/install/macos.md
CMAKE_ARGS="-DLLAMA_METAL=on" FORCE_CMAKE=1 pip install -U llama-cpp-python --no-cache-dir
pip install 'llama-cpp-python[server]'
```
- On Linux with NVIDIA GPU Hardware Acceleration
```bash
# See https://github.com/abetlen/llama-cpp-python#installation-with-hardware-acceleration
CMAKE_ARGS="-DLLAMA_CUBLAS=on" FORCE_CMAKE=1 pip install llama-cpp-python
pip install 'llama-cpp-python[server]'
```
- On Linux with Intel/ AMD CPU (support for AVX-2/ AVX-512)
```bash
CMAKE_ARGS="-DLLAMA_BLAS=ON -DLLAMA_BLAS_VENDOR=OpenBLAS" FORCE_CMAKE=1 pip install llama-cpp-python
pip install 'llama-cpp-python[server]'
```
We recommend that Llama2-7B (4-bit quantized) as a basic model to get started.
You will need to download the models to the `models` folder at root level.
```shell
# Downloads model (~4gb)
# Download time depends on your internet connection and HuggingFace's bandwidth
# In this part, please head over to any source contains `.gguf` format model - https://huggingface.co/models?search=gguf
wget https://huggingface.co/TheBloke/Llama-2-7B-GGUF/resolve/main/llama-2-7b.Q4_0.gguf -P models
```
- Run the model in host machine
```bash
# Please change the value of --model key as your corresponding model path
# The --n_gpu_layers 1 means using acclerator (can be Metal on Mac, NVIDIA GPU on on linux with NVIDIA GPU)
# This service will run at `http://localhost:8000` in host level
# The backend service inside docker compose will connect to this service by using `http://host.docker.internal:8000`
python3 -m llama_cpp.server --model models/llama-2-7b.Q4_0.gguf --n_gpu_layers 1
```
### Step 5: `docker compose up`
Jan utilizes Docker Compose to run all services:
```shell
docker compose up -d # Detached mode
```
The table below summarizes the services and their respective URLs and credentials.
| Service | Container Name | URL and Port | Credentials |
| ------------------------------------------------ | -------------------- | --------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Jan Web | jan-web-* | http://localhost:3000 | Set in `conf/keycloak_conf/example-realm.json`
- Default Username / Password |
| [Hasura](https://hasura.io) (Backend) | jan-graphql-engine-* | http://localhost:8080 | Set in `conf/sample.env_app-backend`
- `HASURA_GRAPHQL_ADMIN_SECRET` |
| [Keycloak](https://www.keycloak.org/) (Identity) | jan-keycloak-* | http://localhost:8088 | Set in `.env`
- `KEYCLOAK_ADMIN`
- `KEYCLOAK_ADMIN_PASSWORD` | |
| PostgresDB | jan-postgres-* | http://localhost:5432 | Set in `.env` |
### Step 6: Configure Keycloak
- [ ] Refactor [Keycloak Instructions](KC.md) into main README.md
- [ ] Changing login theme
### Step 7: Use Jan
- Launch the web application via `http://localhost:3000`.
- Login with default user (username: `username`, password: `password`)
### Step 8: Deploying to Production
- [ ] TODO
## About Jan
Jan is a commercial company with a [Fair Code](https://faircode.io/) business model. This means that while we are open-source and can used for free, we require commercial licenses for specific use cases (e.g. hosting Jan as a service).
We are a team of engineers passionate about AI, productivity and the future of work. We are funded through consulting contracts and enterprise licenses. Feel free to reach out to us!
### Repo Structure
Jan comprises of several repositories:
| Repo | Purpose |
| ------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Jan](https://github.com/janhq/jan) | AI Platform to run AI in the enterprise. Easy-to-use for users, and packed with useful organizational and compliance features. |
| [Jan Mobile](https://github.com/janhq/jan-react-native) | Mobile App that can be pointed to a custom Jan server. |
| [Nitro](https://github.com/janhq/nitro) | Inference Engine that runs AI on different types of hardware. Offers popular API formats (e.g. OpenAI, Clipdrop). Written in C++ for blazing fast performance |
### Architecture
Jan builds on top of several open-source projects:
- [Keycloak Community](https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak) (Apache-2.0)
- [Hasura Community Edition](https://github.com/hasura/graphql-engine) (Apache-2.0)
We may re-evaluate this in the future, given different customer requirements.
### Contributing
Contributions are welcome! Please read the [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) file for guidelines on how to contribute to this project.
Please note that Jan intends to build a sustainable business that can provide high quality jobs to its contributors. If you are excited about our mission and vision, please contact us to explore opportunities.
### Contact
- For support: please file a Github ticket
- For questions: join our Discord [here](https://discord.gg/FTk2MvZwJH)
- For long form inquiries: please email hello@jan.ai