AI Search Engine
AI Search Engine is a app in the osFoundry community catalog. Perplexity-style AI search engine — web search + LLM summarisation + citations. Uses SearXNG (self-hosted privacy-respecting search aggregator) for the web crawl + your choice of LLM (Ollama, OpenAI, Anthropic, Groq) for the answer generation. Powered by Perplexica. Ships as a self-contained all-in-one image bundling Perplexica and SearXNG.
Details
- Workspace: osfoundry
- Category: COMMUNICATION
- Pricing: Free
- Access: Community
Documentation
# AI Search Engine
Self-hosted Perplexity-style AI search, powered by Perplexica.
## How it works
1. You type a question
2. **SearXNG** (self-hosted, bundled) aggregates results from Google / DuckDuckGo / Wikipedia / etc. (without sending your query to a tracker)
3. The top results are scraped, chunked, and passed to your **LLM of choice** along with the query
4. The LLM writes an answer **with citation links** back to the source results
## Bring your own LLM
Settings → API Keys: wire OpenAI, Anthropic, Groq, or point at a local Ollama. Embeddings provider also configurable (OpenAI, local Ollama).
## Modes
- **Web search** (default)
- **Academic** (arXiv, Google Scholar, PubMed via SearXNG)
- **YouTube** (search + transcript-aware answers)
- **Reddit** (community discussion answers)
- **Writing assistant** (no search, just chat)
## Packaging
All-in-one build: Perplexica (Next.js) + bundled SearXNG (Python) + Redis (SearXNG cache) under one supervisor on a persistent volume. SearXNG secret key generated on first boot.
How to use AI Search Engine in osFoundry
Install AI Search Engine into your workspace in one click, then fork it in osStudio to customise the prompts, tools, or configuration for your stack. Anyone in your workspace can pick up where you left off.
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