Vane (ex-Perplexica)

by ItzCrazyKns

Your self-hosted, Perplexity-style AI answer engine that cites sources and respects your privacy.

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What it does

Web search through bundled SearXNG, with cited answers
Speed, balanced or quality modes, academic and domain-specific search
Local LLMs via Ollama or cloud providers, history stored on your machine

Install it

Requirements: Docker

Run the container (then open http://localhost:3000)

docker run -d -p 3000:3000 -v vane-data:/home/vane/data --name vane itzcrazykns1337/vane:latest

The prompt for your agent

Paste it into your coding agent: it checks the requirements and installs it for you.

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Prompt

Install Vane (ex-Perplexica) (https://github.com/ItzCrazyKns/Vane) on my machine.
1. Check the requirements: Docker. If anything is missing, tell me before installing anything.
2. Follow the official method:
- Run the container (then open http://localhost:3000): docker run -d -p 3000:3000 -v vane-data:/home/vane/data --name vane itzcrazykns1337/vane:latest
3. Check that it works, then explain how to launch it and where to start.

Always review what your agent is about to run, especially install commands.