Perplexica

Free open-source Perplexity AI alternative — self-hosted, private, cited.
Perplexica is a free, open-source AI search engine — a fully self-hostable alternative to Perplexity AI. Powered by SearxNG and any LLM you choose (Ollama, Llama, Mistral, GPT, Claude), it delivers cited, real-time answers from the live web with zero tracking and complete privacy. Choose from focus modes (academic, YouTube, Reddit, Wolfram Alpha, writing assistant) and get sourced answers in seconds. Free forever, MIT licensed, runs on your own machine.
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