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Vane (formerly Perplexica)Scira
Free

Free and open source under the MIT license.

 Free

Free to self-host; you supply your own AI model and search API keys.

Web, Self-hosted Web, Self-hosted
  • Supports fully local LLMs through Ollama for private searches
  • Cites sources alongside generated answers
  • Cited answers from web search
  • Docker and docker-compose files for self-hosting
  • Requires running your own search and model infrastructure
  • Renamed from Perplexica, which may cause confusion for existing users
  • Needs external AI model and search API keys
  • Self-hosting requires some technical setup
Self-hosted, Web application Self-hosted
Open source Open 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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