Vane (Perplexica) on a Mac

Self-hosted AI answer engine; the open-source Perplexity alternative · AI / LLMs

Vane; formerly Perplexica, renamed in March 2026; is the most popular open-source, self-hosted alternative to Perplexity: ask a question, it searches the web and answers with citations. One container does everything (docker run -d -p 3000:3000 -v vane-data:/home/vane/data itzcrazykns1337/vane:latest): SearXNG runs inside it for private metasearch, and you bring your own model; an OpenAI/Anthropic/Gemini/Groq key, or fully local answers via Ollama on this Mac. Web UI on :3000. Focus modes cover academic search, YouTube, Reddit and writing; nothing you search is profiled or sold.

Run Vane (Perplexica) with FrontierStack

Install or connect Vane (Perplexica); then check its status, ports and certificate from FrontierStack. The same screen links to firewall checks, Malware Audit and backups where they apply.

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