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Vane (formerly Perplexica)Metaso AI Search
Free

Free and open source under the MIT license.

 Free

The homepage says it is free to use.

Web, Self-hosted Web
  • Supports fully local LLMs through Ollama for private searches
  • Cites sources alongside generated answers
  • No ads in search results
  • Structured answers instead of a list of links
  • Requires running your own search and model infrastructure
  • Renamed from Perplexica, which may cause confusion for existing users
  • Interface in Chinese only
  • Few details on sources and data handling on the homepage
Self-hosted, Web application Web application
Open source Closed source
License: MIT License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Needs internet

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked September 26, 2026

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