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Vane (formerly Perplexica)

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

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Vane, previously called Perplexica, is an open-source alternative to Perplexity. It searches the web through a bundled SearXNG instance, then uses a local or cloud model to write an answer with cited sources, with focus modes for academic, video and other searches.

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Runs withDocker, Node.js
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The project README documents running it with Docker.

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