Self-hosted alternatives to Perplexity

Last updated · 4 options

Quick answer: Khoj has the most stars on its repository of the 4 options here (★ 37.7k), followed by Vane (formerly Perplexica) (★ 37.4k). Stars show popularity, not fit, so check formats, platforms and licence for your own work.

AI answer engine that searches the web and cites sources. Here are 4 self-hosted options, most-starred first.

Khoj

Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI)

Self-hostable AI second brain that answers from your notes, documents and the web

Stars
★ 37.7k
Licence
AGPL-3.0
Updated
  • Docker

Alternative to ChatGPT, Perplexity

Vane (formerly Perplexica)

Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI)

Self-hosted AI answer engine that searches the web and replies with sources

Stars
★ 37.4k
Licence
MIT
Updated
  • Docker

Alternative to Perplexity

Local Deep Research

Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI)

Runs multi-step deep research on the web and your documents, producing cited reports

Stars
★ 9.3k
Licence
MIT
Updated
  • Docker

Alternative to Perplexity

Morphic

Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI)

AI answer engine with a modern generative interface, self-hostable

Stars
★ 9.2k
Licence
Apache-2.0
Updated
  • Docker

Alternative to Perplexity

FAQ

Is there a self-hosted alternative to Perplexity?

Yes. SelfHostAlts lists 4 options: Khoj, Vane (formerly Perplexica), Local Deep Research and Morphic.

Which Perplexity alternatives are open source?

Khoj (AGPL-3.0), Vane (formerly Perplexica) (MIT), Local Deep Research (MIT) and Morphic (Apache-2.0).

Which Perplexity alternatives can run with Docker?

Khoj, Vane (formerly Perplexica), Local Deep Research and Morphic (all of them).

Related categories: Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI)

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