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Vane is an open-source, self-hosted app in the AI & LLM Tools category, licensed MIT and written mainly in TypeScript. It ships a Docker image. It has 37,748 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Sep 1, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).

github.com/ItzCrazyKns/Vane

GitHub stats

GitHub stars
37,748
Forks
4,201
Open issues
243
Commits, last 12 months
294
Last commit
Sep 1, 2026
Latest release
v1.12.2Apr 10, 2026
Created
Apr 9, 2024
License
MITOpen source

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Project health

ActiveActive: last commit Sep 1, 2026, 294 commits in 12 months.

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Last commitSep 1, 2026
Commits, last 12 months294
Latest releasev1.12.2 (Apr 10, 2026)
Releases, last 12 months3
Releases, all time34
Open issues243
Open pull requests119
Good first issues0
Contributing guideYes
Security policyNo
CreatedApr 9, 2024

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About Vane

AI-powered search engine (alternative to Perplexity AI).

Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/ItzCrazyKns/Vane.

Topics

  • ai-search-engine
  • search-engine
  • open-source-ai-search-engine
  • perplexica
  • artificial-intelligence
  • machine-learning
  • searxng
  • searxng-copilot
  • ai-agents
  • answering-engine

Repository preview

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FAQ

Vane FAQ

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Is Vane free and open source?

Yes. Vane is open-source software released under the MIT license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.

Can I run Vane with Docker?

Yes. Vane provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.

What are the best alternatives to Vane?

Popular self-hosted alternatives to Vane include Ollama, Stable Diffusion WebUI and Open-WebUI.

Is Vane actively maintained?

The most recent commit to Vane was on Sep 1, 2026 with 294 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v1.12.2, published Apr 10, 2026. It had 243 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.