# Vane (formerly Perplexica)

> 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.

- Repository: https://github.com/ItzCrazyKns/Vane
- Official docs: https://github.com/ItzCrazyKns/Vane#readme
- Checked: 2026-10-15

## What it replaces
- Perplexity Pro: Web search answers, Chat with your documents (partial). Replaces the cited web-answer interface; answer quality depends on the model you run. No premium data sources or Computer features.

## Facts, with sources

| Question | Status | Answer | Source | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runs on my machine? | Confirmed | Yes, self-hosted via Docker or Node.js | https://github.com/ItzCrazyKns/Vane#readme | 2026-10-15 |
| Code licence | Confirmed | MIT | https://github.com/ItzCrazyKns/Vane/blob/master/LICENSE | 2026-10-15 |
| Model weights licence | Confirmed | No bundled weights; licence depends on the model you connect | https://github.com/ItzCrazyKns/Vane#-features | 2026-10-15 |
| Commercial use | Confirmed | Yes, MIT code; check the licence or terms of the model you use | https://github.com/ItzCrazyKns/Vane/blob/master/LICENSE | 2026-10-15 |
| Paid services needed? | Partial | Works with local Ollama + bundled SearxNG; cloud LLM APIs optional | https://github.com/ItzCrazyKns/Vane#getting-started-with-docker-recommended | 2026-10-15 |
| Hardware | Unknown | Not documented; depends on the model you run | none found | - |
| Operating systems | Confirmed | Docker on Windows, macOS and Linux (per-OS Ollama setup documented) | https://github.com/ItzCrazyKns/Vane#ollama-connection-errors | 2026-10-15 |
| Setup effort | Confirmed | Medium; one Docker command (SearxNG bundled), or npm build + own SearxNG | https://github.com/ItzCrazyKns/Vane#installation | 2026-10-15 |

GitHub: 37352 stars, 4157 forks, last push 2026-09-01, archived: no.
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