ItzCrazyKns/Vane
Vane is an AI-powered answering engine.
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[](https://github.com/ItzCrazyKns/Vane/stargazers) [](https://github.com/ItzCrazyKns/Vane/network/members) [](https://github.com/ItzCrazyKns/Vane/watchers) [](https://hub.docker.com/r/itzcrazykns1337/vane) [](https://github.com/ItzCrazyKns/Vane/blob/master/LICENSE) [](https://github.com/ItzCrazyKns/Vane/commits/master) [](https://discord.gg/26aArMy8tT) Vane is a privacy-focused AI answering engine that runs entirely on your own hardware. It combines knowledge from the vast internet with support for local LLMs (Ollama) and cloud providers (OpenAI, Claude, Groq), delivering accurate answers with cited sources while keeping your searches completely private. Want to know more about its architecture and how it works? You can read it here. 🤖 Support for all major AI providers - Use local LLMs through Ollama or connect to OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, Groq, and more. Mix and match models based on your needs. ⚡ Smart search modes - Choose Speed Mode when you need quick answers, Balanced Mode for everyday searches, or Quality Mode for deep research. 🧭 Pick your sources - Search the web, discussions, or academic papers. More sources and integrations are in progress. 🧩 Widgets - Helpful UI cards that…
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Inside the original README — Document outline
- Vane 🔍
- ✨ Features
- Sponsors
- Installation
- Getting Started with Docker (Recommended)
- Using Vane with Your Own SearxNG Instance
- Advanced Setup (Building from Source)
- Non-Docker Installation
- Troubleshooting
- Local OpenAI-API-Compliant Servers
- Ollama Connection Errors
- Lemonade Connection Errors
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What this repository does
Vane is an AI-powered answering engine.
Repository facts
- Owner
- ItzCrazyKns
- Primary language
- TypeScript
- Stars
- 37,939
- Forks
- 4,223
- Open issues + pull requests
- 371
- License
- MIT
- Archived
- No
- Default branch
- master
- Created
- 2024-04-09T10:51:32.000Z
- Last push
- 2026-09-01T14:12:12.000Z
Topics and intended use
Owner-supplied topics: ai-agents, ai-search-engine, answering-engine, artificial-intelligence, llm, machine-learning, open-source-ai-search-engine, perplexica, rag, search-engine, searxng, searxng-copilot, self-hosted-ai, vane
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