Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/chatboxai/chatbox/vs/janhq/jan
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/chatboxai/chatbox/vs/janhq/jan.md
Description: chatbox and jan share 22 technologies: React, TanStack, Vite, SQLite, OpenAI, Tailwind CSS, tailwind-merge, sonner, vaul, Radix UI, dnd-kit, @tabler/icons-react, Lucide, ai, ai-sdk, react-markdown, rehype-katex, remark-gfm, remark-math, shiki, unist-util-visit, and Zod. chatbox is written in TypeScript and jan in Rust.

# chatbox vs jan

chatbox and jan share 22 technologies: React, TanStack, Vite, SQLite, OpenAI, Tailwind CSS, tailwind-merge, sonner, vaul, Radix UI, dnd-kit, @tabler/icons-react, Lucide, ai, ai-sdk, react-markdown, rehype-katex, remark-gfm, remark-math, shiki, unist-util-visit, and Zod. chatbox is written in TypeScript and jan in Rust.

- [chatboxai/chatbox](https://seerepo.com/r/chatboxai/chatbox): Powerful AI Client
- [janhq/jan](https://seerepo.com/r/janhq/jan): Jan is an open source alternative to ChatGPT that runs 100% offline on your computer.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: React, TanStack, Vite, SQLite, OpenAI, Tailwind CSS, tailwind-merge, sonner, vaul, Radix UI, dnd-kit, @tabler/icons-react, Lucide, ai, ai-sdk, react-markdown, rehype-katex, remark-gfm, remark-math, shiki, unist-util-visit, Zod
- Only in chatbox: localforage, @capacitor-community/sqlite, @mastra/libsql, electron-store, store, Sentry, Anthropic, MCP, Perplexity, Electron, @capacitor/core, Mantine, MUI, react-virtuoso, capacitor, photoswipe, @floating-ui/dom, canvas-confetti, cmdk, mark.js, Mermaid, react-dropzone, react-hotkeys-hook, react-zoom-pan-pinch, @mui/icons-material, @lobehub/icons, cohere-ai, @mastra/core, ai-retry, js-tiktoken, OpenRouter, linkedom, sanitize-filename, exceljs, pdfjs-dist, @braintree/sanitize-url, @mozilla/readability, epub, gray-matter, officeparser, pptxgenjs, remark-breaks, remark-parse, unified, electron-log, @cfworker/json-schema
- Only in jan: Tauri, Hummingbird, sqlx-sqlite, tauri-plugin-store, sqlx, Tokio, @tauri-apps/api, gio, glib, objc2-app-kit, objc2-foundation, rusqlite, @tauri-apps/plugin-store, PostHog, comfy-table, indicatif, tauri-plugin-dialog, Ratatui, console, gtk, rfd, ed25519-dalek, hmac, keyring, oauth2, rmcp, agent-client-protocol, opencv-python, png, pulldown-cmark, zip, schemars, log, env_logger, psutil, tauri-plugin-log, cairo-rs, objc2-web-kit, webkit2gtk, webview2-com, ash, calamine, csv, html2text, infer, pdf-extract, quick-xml, class-variance-authority, motion, @streamdown/code, @tanstack/react-virtual, emoji-picker-react, Framer, react-textarea-autosize, use-stick-to-bottom, streamdown, katex, tauri-apps

## Side by side

| | chatbox | jan |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 383,291 lines written, 1,441 code files | 478,180 lines written, 949 code files |
| Who writes it | 6.2% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and CodeRabbit | 0.5% of its commits signed by AI. With GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, Factory, Jules, and Aider |
| Activity | Last push October 29, 2026, 1,800 commits, 42,254 stars | Last push November 5, 2026, 7,455 commits, 45,500 stars |
| Tests | 762 test files. 56.6% of its code files have a test that imports them | 527 test files. 48.9% of its code files have a test that imports them |

- Size: Lines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
- Who writes it: A commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
- Activity: From GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
- Tests: The files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is bigger, chatbox or jan?

jan, with 478,180 lines written; chatbox has 383,291.

The proof: [janhq/jan's code at commit 879e6ae](https://github.com/janhq/jan/tree/879e6ae9cca4a38673fdb4093349a327e17ccbb1)

### Which has more GitHub stars, chatbox or jan?

jan, with 45,500 stars; chatbox has 42,254.

The proof: [janhq/jan on GitHub](https://github.com/janhq/jan)

### Which has more tests, chatbox or jan?

chatbox, with 762 test files; jan has 527.

The proof: [chatboxai/chatbox's code at commit d17455c](https://github.com/chatboxai/chatbox/tree/d17455c5ca8fd3ff44385c6d4d2118599e4c970f)

### Which was updated more recently, chatbox or jan?

jan: its last push was on November 5, 2026, and chatbox's on October 29, 2026.

The proof: [janhq/jan's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/janhq/jan/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, chatbox or jan?

chatbox: an AI signed 6.2% of its commits, with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and CodeRabbit; in jan, 0.5%.

The proof: [the commits each tool signed in chatboxai/chatbox](https://seerepo.com/r/chatboxai/chatbox/ai)

## Sources

- chatboxai/chatbox: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit d17455c (https://github.com/chatboxai/chatbox/tree/d17455c5ca8fd3ff44385c6d4d2118599e4c970f)
- janhq/jan: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit 879e6ae (https://github.com/janhq/jan/tree/879e6ae9cca4a38673fdb4093349a327e17ccbb1)

## What is your repo built with?

Any public repo, with no account: https://seerepo.com/r/owner/repo/built, with the owner and name it has on GitHub.