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Self-hosted alternative to

Perplexity

Website
https://github.com/ItzCrazyKns/Vane
Source code
https://github.com/ItzCrazyKns/Vane
GitHub stars
37,954
Repository activity
1 September 2026
Latest release
v1.12.2, 10 April 2026
Health
Active From the repository record in this build
License
MIT
Platforms
Docker
Categories
Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI)

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