Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/janhq/jan/vs/safing/portmaster
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/janhq/jan/vs/safing/portmaster.md
Description: jan and portmaster share 11 technologies: Tauri, SQLite, Tokio, @tauri-apps/api, glib, tauri-plugin-dialog, rfd, zip, log, tauri-plugin-log, and Tailwind CSS. jan is written in Rust and portmaster in Go.

# jan vs portmaster

jan and portmaster share 11 technologies: Tauri, SQLite, Tokio, @tauri-apps/api, glib, tauri-plugin-dialog, rfd, zip, log, tauri-plugin-log, and Tailwind CSS. jan is written in Rust and portmaster in Go.

- [janhq/jan](https://seerepo.com/r/janhq/jan): Jan is an open source alternative to ChatGPT that runs 100% offline on your computer.
- [safing/portmaster](https://seerepo.com/r/safing/portmaster): 🏔 Love Freedom - ❌ Block Mass Surveillance

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Tauri, SQLite, Tokio, @tauri-apps/api, glib, tauri-plugin-dialog, rfd, zip, log, tauri-plugin-log, Tailwind CSS
- Only in jan: Hummingbird, sqlx-sqlite, tauri-plugin-store, sqlx, cua-computer, gio, objc2-app-kit, objc2-foundation, rusqlite, Vite, React, TanStack, @tauri-apps/plugin-store, PostHog, OpenAI, comfy-table, indicatif, Ratatui, console, gtk, ed25519-dalek, hmac, keyring, oauth2, cua-agent, cua-computer-server, rmcp, MLX, MLXLLM, agent-client-protocol, genai, opencv-python, Tokenizers, png, pulldown-cmark, swift-jinja, schemars, apple/swift-distributed-tracing, reportportal-client, env_logger, psutil, cairo-rs, objc2-web-kit, webkit2gtk, webview2-com, ash, vulkano, calamine, csv, html2text, infer, pdf-extract, quick-xml, 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 portmaster: Gorilla, zombiezen.com/go/sqlite, github.com/rubenv/sql-migrate, cached, etcd, github.com/bluele/gcache, github.com/jackc/puddle/v2, tauri-runtime-wry, Angular, tauri-plugin-window-state, notify-rust, tauri-plugin-notification, tauri-winrt-notification, gdk-pixbuf, github.com/fogleman/gg, golang.org/x/image, handlebars, github.com/lmittmann/tint, @angular/cdk, PostCSS, ngx-markdown, D3, ng-zorro-antd, topojson-client, fortawesome

## Side by side

| | jan | portmaster |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 488,046 lines written, 945 code files | 241,137 lines written, 1,137 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 CodeRabbit and Codex |
| Activity | Last push November 10, 2026, 7,461 commits, 45,658 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 2,437 commits, 14,043 stars |
| Tests | 529 test files. 49.1% of its code files have a test that imports them | 176 test files. 24.8% 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, jan or portmaster?

jan, with 488,046 lines written; portmaster has 241,137.

The proof: [janhq/jan's code at commit 64aa04c](https://github.com/janhq/jan/tree/64aa04c7c4eef88d95336d67d56d6d64f777cdb2)

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

jan, with 45,658 stars; portmaster has 14,043.

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

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

jan, with 529 test files; portmaster has 176.

The proof: [janhq/jan's code at commit 64aa04c](https://github.com/janhq/jan/tree/64aa04c7c4eef88d95336d67d56d6d64f777cdb2)

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

jan: its last push was on November 10, 2026, and portmaster's on November 4, 2026.

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

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

jan: an AI signed 0.5% of its commits, with GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, Factory, Jules, and Aider; in portmaster, 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 10, 2026, at commit 64aa04c (https://github.com/janhq/jan/tree/64aa04c7c4eef88d95336d67d56d6d64f777cdb2)
- safing/portmaster: Read on November 9, 2026, at commit bffef13 (https://github.com/safing/portmaster/tree/bffef134cd709d2a74295cd8450cf0c6231bd60d)

## 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.