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Open-source ChatGPT Alternative (jan.ai)

submitted 8 months ago by yogthos@lemmy.ml to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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[-] jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 7 points 8 months ago

I'm in the process of installing https://github.com/imartinez/privateGPT will check this one out afterwards.

[-] jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 2 points 8 months ago

The biggest difference seems to be that you can let privateGPT to let analyze your own files. Didn't see that functionality in Jan.

[-] jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 1 points 8 months ago

One difference is that Jan is increadibly easy to install, just download the AppImage, make it executable and start it.

[-] chebra@mstdn.io 1 points 8 months ago

@jeena And absolutely nothing can go wrong by downloading random files from the internet based on contemporary hype, making them executable and starting them...

[-] xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 8 months ago

As opposed to cloning a random repository and running make or something?

[-] chebra@mstdn.io 1 points 8 months ago

@xigoi Is that something you do?

[-] xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 8 months ago

How else would you install something that doesn’t happen to be in your favorite package manager?

[-] chebra@mstdn.io -1 points 8 months ago

@xigoi Are you actually trying to get malware into your computer? Don't install **random** shiny new things without maximum skepticism. Period. Just let some other fools "test" the minefield for you. Or do a proper inspection. Executing foreign code just because it had "GPT" in the name... and acting like there was no other option... yuck!