Perplexica

AI-powered search with LLM responses - open-source Perplexity alternative.

ai search privacy utility self-hosted homelab llm

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About

What Perplexica does

Perplexica is an AI-powered search engine that uses LLMs for conversational answers with sources. This open-source Perplexity alternative offers web search integration, citations, model selection, image search, and privacy-focused design. Uses SearXNG and connects to Ollama or OpenAI.

Install Flow

How to self-host Perplexica

Perplexica can be deployed with standard Docker Compose using the Yantr app catalog. This page collects the basic information searchers usually need first: what Perplexica does, which Docker image Yantr uses, default ports, deployment notes, and where to find the original compose template.

After deployment, Yantr lets you publish additional ports from the stack page using Docker-style syntax. Use 8080:8080 for a fixed host port or just 8080 to let Docker assign a random port.

Use Cases

What people run it for

AI-powered answers with sources.
Alternative to Perplexity.
Private AI search.

Technical Details

Ports, image, and service metadata

Ports

Port	Protocol	Label
3000	HTTP	Web UI

Docker Image

itzcrazykns1337/perplexica:v1.11.2

Service Name

perplexica

Notes

Things to know before you deploy

Requires Ollama or OpenAI API
Uses SearXNG for search
Source citations included

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