Vane

Self-hosted open-source Perplexity (formerly Perplexica), runnable with local LLMs, one-command Docker deploy.

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Capabilities

SearchDeep research

What it can do

  • Self-hosted AI search
  • Deep search with local models
  • Privacy-focused search
  • Open-source Perplexity

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