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Vane (formerly Perplexica)
Self-hosted open-source AI answer engine that cites sources, searches via SearXNG and runs local LLMs through Ollama or cloud APIs.
- ItzCrazyKns (open-source project)
- Local or cloud
- Free, open source
Where it ranks
- –Search & researchApps · Local · no rated model available here yet
Tools without a benchmark of their own inherit the tier of the best model they offer.
Facts
- Vendor
- ItzCrazyKns (open-source project)
- Approach
- Apps
- Where it runs
- Runs fully on your hardware with local models; cloud models optional
- Interface
- Self-hosted web UI
- Skill level
- Advanced: command line, node graphs or self-hosting
- Price
- Free, open source
- Pricing notes
- Free and open source (MIT); you supply the hardware or API keys. uses_models = open families available through Ollama (same basis as Open WebUI).
- Source code
- Open source (MIT)
- GitHub stars
- 37.4k (18 Oct 2026)
- Last verified
- 18 Oct 2026
Price from github.com, 18 Oct 2026.
Models it gives you
- –gpt-oss-120bOpenAI · open weights
- –gpt-oss-20bOpenAI · open weights
- –Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95BAlibaba (Qwen) · open weights
- –Qwen3.8-27BAlibaba (Qwen) · open weights
- –Gemma 4 (31B)Google DeepMind · open weights
- –DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813DeepSeek · open weights
- –DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017DeepSeek · open weights
- –Llama 4 MaverickMeta · open weights
- –Kimi K3Moonshot AI · open weights
- –GLM-5.3Z.ai · open weights
- –MiniMax-M3MiniMax · open weights