Vane (formerly Perplexica) ItzCrazyKns/Vane

Self-hosted AI answering engine that searches the web through SearxNG and answers with cited sources using local or cloud LLMs.

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Vane (formerly Perplexica) at a glance

Checked 15 Oct 2026

Vane, the renamed Perplexica (GitHub redirects ItzCrazyKns/Perplexica to ItzCrazyKns/Vane), is a self-hosted Perplexity-style answer engine. It searches via a bundled SearxNG, answers with citations, offers speed, balanced and quality modes, and answers questions about uploaded files. Models come from Ollama or Lemonade locally, or from OpenAI, Claude, Gemini and Groq. One Docker command runs it. MIT licensed; ships no weights, so the chosen model's licence and quality matter. Hardware needs are not documented.

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How much of Perplexity Pro does it replace?

2 of 3 jobs. Replaces the cited web-answer interface; answer quality depends on the model you run. No premium data sources or Computer features.

Web search answers Partial replacement

Chat assistant Not covered

Chat with your documents Partial replacement

For chat assistant, see other Perplexity Pro alternatives. You may also need to build an interface, an API server and hosting yourself.

Facts, with sources

Every answer links to where we found it. We read the documentation; we did not install it.

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Runs on my machine? Yes, self-hosted via Docker or Node.js Vane is a privacy-focused AI answering engine that runs entirely on your own hardware. github.com · Vane#readme ↗ 1d ago

Code licence MIT github.com · LICENSE ↗ 1d ago

Model weights licence No bundled weights; licence depends on the model you connect Use local LLMs through Ollama or connect to OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, Groq, and more. github.com · Vane#-features ↗ 1d ago

Commercial use Yes, MIT code; check the licence or terms of the model you use github.com · LICENSE ↗ 1d ago

Paid services needed? Works with local Ollama + bundled SearxNG; cloud LLM APIs optional The image includes both Vane and SearxNG, so no additional setup is required. github.com · Vane#getting-started-with-docker-recommended ↗ 1d ago

Hardware Not documented; depends on the model you run Know the answer? —

Operating systems Docker on Windows, macOS and Linux (per-OS Ollama setup documented) Windows: Use http://host.docker.internal:11434 ... Mac: Use http://host.docker.internal:11434 ... Linux: Use http://<private_ip_of_host>:11434 github.com · Vane#ollama-connection-errors ↗ 1d ago

Setup effort Medium; one Docker command (SearxNG bundled), or npm build + own SearxNG There are mainly 2 ways of installing Vane - With Docker, Without Docker. Using Docker is highly recommended. github.com · Vane#installation ↗ 1d ago