Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/janhq/jan/vs/jpochyla/psst
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/janhq/jan/vs/jpochyla/psst.md
Description: jan and psst share 5 technologies: hmac, oauth2, log, env_logger, and infer. Both are written in Rust.

# jan vs psst

jan and psst share 5 technologies: hmac, oauth2, log, env_logger, and infer. Both are written in Rust.

- [janhq/jan](https://seerepo.com/r/janhq/jan): Jan is an open source alternative to ChatGPT that runs 100% offline on your computer.
- [jpochyla/psst](https://seerepo.com/r/jpochyla/psst): Fast and multi-platform Spotify client with native GUI

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: hmac, oauth2, log, env_logger, infer
- Only in jan: Tauri, Hummingbird, sqlx-sqlite, tauri-plugin-store, SQLite, sqlx, cua-computer, Tokio, @tauri-apps/api, gio, glib, objc2-app-kit, objc2-foundation, rusqlite, Vite, React, TanStack, @tauri-apps/plugin-store, PostHog, OpenAI, comfy-table, indicatif, tauri-plugin-dialog, Ratatui, console, gtk, rfd, ed25519-dalek, keyring, cua-agent, cua-computer-server, rmcp, MLX, MLXLLM, agent-client-protocol, genai, opencv-python, Tokenizers, png, pulldown-cmark, swift-jinja, zip, schemars, apple/swift-distributed-tracing, reportportal-client, psutil, tauri-plugin-log, cairo-rs, objc2-web-kit, webkit2gtk, webview2-com, ash, vulkano, calamine, csv, html2text, pdf-extract, quick-xml, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, sonner, Radix UI, motion, @uiw/react-textarea-code-editor, @streamdown/code, @tanstack/react-virtual, dnd-kit, emoji-picker-react, Framer, react-textarea-autosize, use-stick-to-bottom, vaul, Lucide, @tabler/icons-react, ai, ai-sdk, streamdown, react-markdown, shiki, unist-util-visit, katex, rehype-katex, remark-gfm, remark-math, Zod, tauri-apps
- Only in psst: lru, symphonia

## Side by side

| | jan | psst |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 515,841 lines written, 992 code files | 22,344 lines written, 113 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.5% of its commits signed by AI. With GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, Factory, Jules, and Aider | 0.2% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code |
| Activity | Last push November 13, 2026, 7,582 commits, 45,706 stars | Last push August 18, 2026, 637 commits, 9,516 stars |
| Tests | 583 test files. 51.4% of its code files have a test that imports them | 0 test files |

- 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, jan or psst?

jan, with 515,841 lines written; psst has 22,344.

The proof: [janhq/jan's code at commit ea98bd3](https://github.com/janhq/jan/tree/ea98bd3e0fe3dcf6374ec31f23045776d7471356)

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

jan, with 45,706 stars; psst has 9,516.

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

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

jan, with 583 test files.

The proof: [janhq/jan's code at commit ea98bd3](https://github.com/janhq/jan/tree/ea98bd3e0fe3dcf6374ec31f23045776d7471356)

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

jan: its last push was on November 13, 2026, and psst's on August 18, 2026.

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

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

jan: an AI signed 0.5% of its commits, with GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, Factory, Jules, and Aider; in psst, 0.2%.

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

## Sources

- janhq/jan: Read on November 13, 2026, at commit ea98bd3 (https://github.com/janhq/jan/tree/ea98bd3e0fe3dcf6374ec31f23045776d7471356)
- jpochyla/psst: Read on November 15, 2026, at commit 3c3621a (https://github.com/jpochyla/psst/tree/3c3621aa79f820c737dd899e7e359b1359292466)

## 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.