Vane (formerly Perplexica)
AI answer engine that searches the web and cites sources.
Private research assistant; mostly a personal saving.
Saves a subscription. Hard to sell.
MIT (LICENSE: 'MIT License, Copyright (c) 2026 ItzCrazyKns').
Yes, MIT with no restrictions found for Vane's own code; the Docker image bundles SearxNG, a separate project whose licence was not checked.
Renamed: ItzCrazyKns/Perplexica now redirects to ItzCrazyKns/Vane (GitHub API confirms; deploy templates in the README still say 'perplexica'). No official website. Last push 2026-09-01. Needs either a local LLM via Ollama (own hardware) or paid API keys (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Groq). Search runs through SearxNG, which queries third-party search engines: rate-limit/ToS risk at volume for a commercial deployment.
You, or a research team
Private research assistant; mostly a personal saving.
none found (README lists only sponsors and third-party one-click deploy buttons).
Perplexity (common knowledge: the project was named Perplexica; the README now only calls it an 'AI-powered answering engine'). Perplexity Pro: US$17 /month or equivalent when billed annually; Max US$167 /month or equivalent when billed annually. Monthly-billing price: not found.