Vane (formerly Perplexica)
Vane is a self-hosted AI answering engine that searches the web and gives answers with cited sources. It is for people who want AI-written answers to questions while keeping their searches private, and it runs on their own computer or server.
Description written from the project's own page; checked by AI.
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Listed in1
The jobs it does, and the closed apps it replaces
AI search
Replaces fullyInstead of Perplexity
What's missing
Things people miss in Vane (formerly Perplexica). Upvote what matters to you; it helps its team decide.
Facts
LicenseMIT
Runs onyour own server
KindRuns on your own server
Stars on GitHub38k
Hosted onGitHub
ActivityChanged within the last year
Something wrong?
Wrong devices, a wrong description, or it isn't really open source? A mod reviews every suggestion.
What we couldn't confirm3
- The community lists give no descriptions for Vane, so the replacement judgment rests on the README alone.
- Whether Vane's search quality and features match Perplexity's is not stated in the material.
- The README mentions a Sponsors section and a donation address but does not say whether any paid or differently licensed parts exist; no open-core status is confirmed.