Instead of Perplexity
Search with an AI-written answer and citations.
Worth the work
SearXNG gives you the search and Perplexica puts the answer on top. You supply the model, so the quality is the model's quality.
You lose: The index, the speed, and a company doing nothing else.
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Perplexica
A Perplexity-shaped interface over SearXNG results. Needs an LLM endpoint and some patience.
A database, object storage or mail config, plus backups.
Also worth a look
- SearXNG
Metasearch across engines with no tracking. The retrieval half, no answer.
Facts checked 8 November 2026. Licences, activity and archive status come from each project's own repository; the verdict and the cost lines are the desk's.