Khoj
Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI)Self-hostable AI second brain that answers from your notes, documents and the web
- Stars
- ★ 37.7k
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
- Updated
- Docker
Alternative to ChatGPT, Perplexity
Self-hosted alternatives to Perplexity
Last updated · 4 options
Quick answer: Khoj has the most stars on its repository of the 4 options here (★ 37.7k), followed by Vane (formerly Perplexica) (★ 37.4k). Stars show popularity, not fit, so check formats, platforms and licence for your own work.
AI answer engine that searches the web and cites sources. Here are 4 self-hosted options, most-starred first.
Vane (formerly Perplexica)
Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI)Self-hosted AI answer engine that searches the web and replies with sources
- Stars
- ★ 37.4k
- Licence
- MIT
- Updated
- Docker
Alternative to Perplexity
Local Deep Research
Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI)Runs multi-step deep research on the web and your documents, producing cited reports
- Stars
- ★ 9.3k
- Licence
- MIT
- Updated
- Docker
Alternative to Perplexity
Morphic
Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI)AI answer engine with a modern generative interface, self-hostable
- Stars
- ★ 9.2k
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Updated
- Docker
Alternative to Perplexity
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FAQ
Is there a self-hosted alternative to Perplexity?
Yes. SelfHostAlts lists 4 options: Khoj, Vane (formerly Perplexica), Local Deep Research and Morphic.
Which Perplexity alternatives are open source?
Khoj (AGPL-3.0), Vane (formerly Perplexica) (MIT), Local Deep Research (MIT) and Morphic (Apache-2.0).
Which Perplexity alternatives can run with Docker?
Khoj, Vane (formerly Perplexica), Local Deep Research and Morphic (all of them).
Related categories: Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI)
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