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Janus
DeepSeek
Janus is an image generation model line from DeepSeek. The latest release is Janus-Pro (27 Jan 2025). This page tracks all 2 Janus releases since 1 Oct 2024, with specs, licensing, and how to access each one. Official site →
Janus-Proreleased
Open weightsFreeCommunity APISelf-host
Autoregressive unified model (1B and 7B); claimed to beat DALL-E 3 and SDXL on GenEval/DPG
- License
- MIT / DeepSeek License
- Commercial use
- Allowed
- Availability
- Self-host, Community API
Janusreleased
Open weightsFreeCommunity APISelf-host
Unified understanding and generation (Janus / JanusFlow)
- License
- MIT / DeepSeek License
- Commercial use
- Allowed
- Availability
- Self-host, Community API
- Parameters
- 1.3B
Date approximate - October 2024; exact day not pinned.
FAQ
- When was Janus-Pro released?
- Janus-Pro was released on 27 Jan 2025.
- Is Janus open source?
- Yes. Janus-Pro ships open weights under the MIT / DeepSeek License licence.
- Can Janus be used commercially?
- Yes. Commercial use of Janus-Pro is allowed under the MIT / DeepSeek License licence.
- Where can I use Janus?
- Janus-Pro is available via Self-host and Community API.
See Janus in context on the image model timeline, or browse all model families.