Vane, a self-hosted open-source Perplexity alternative, hits 37.7k GitHub stars
abhishek__AI · x · 2026-10-26
Vane is a privacy-focused, self-hosted AI answering engine positioned as a Perplexity alternative where you control the infrastructure. The MIT-licensed project has reached 37.7k GitHub stars and 4.2k forks. It supports multiple AI model providers, file upload and Q&A, speed vs. research-quality modes, and web/academic/discussion search, with Docker-based deployment built on SearXNG.
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