Perplexica is listed under AI Search & Answer Engines, in the Research & Learning category on Flocci AI Tools. MIT-licensed, fully self-hostable open-source Perplexity clone. It is free, with no paid plan attached, and it lives at github.com.
Perplexica is listed as fully free — there is no paid tier attached to it in the catalog. That makes it one of the 396 entries on Flocci AI Tools with no upgrade path built in.
Perplexica needs to be installed or self-hosted — it doesn't run in a browser tab. It is available on self-hosting.
Perplexica does 3 things the catalog singles out: Mit-licensed, fully self-hostable open-source perplexity clone; runs with local llms via ollama or cloud providers; uses searxng for private, ad-free web search.
Metaso AI Search (Mita) is the closest free alternative: it sits in the same AI Search & Answer Engines sub-category and is free. Morphic, Scira and Baidu AI Search also start free. The full list is on the alternatives page.
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