Perplexity
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SearXNG
Free metasearch engine that aggregates results from many search engines without tracking, run on your own server or a public instance.
License: Open source- Web
- Self-hosted
Status: ActiveThis replaces Perplexity
Vane
Self-hosted AI answering engine that searches the web through SearXNG and cites sources, with local or cloud language models.
License: Open source- Web
- Self-hosted
Status: ActiveThis replaces Perplexity