#1
Self-hostable personal AI 'second brain' for chat, semantic search, custom agents, automations and integration with local or cloud LLMs.
36.7k stars2.4k forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
7 self-hosted You.com alternatives
You.com is an AI-powered web search engine and assistant that combines traditional search results with a conversational chat interface, generative content tools, and modular productivity apps, offering configurable privacy and personalization controls.
Alternatives to You.com
Self-hosted AI answering engine that combines web search with local or hosted LLMs to generate cited answers, with search history and file uploads.
36.5k stars4.1k forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
#3
SearXNG is a privacy-respecting metasearch engine that aggregates results from many search services without tracking or profiling users.
36.1k stars3.3k forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
Whoogle Search is a self-hosted, ad-free and privacy-respecting search frontend that removes tracking, ads, AMP links, and other clutter from Google results.
11.6k stars1k forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
#5
YaCy is a self-hostable search engine with crawler and indexing, supporting decentralized P2P search, standalone search portals, and intranet/file search.
4k stars495 forkslast commit Actively maintained
#6
Websurfx is a self-hostable meta search engine in Rust that aggregates results from multiple sources with a modern UI, caching, filtering, and privacy-focused defaults.
1.2k stars128 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
#7
Sosse is a Selenium-powered open-source web crawler and search engine for archiving, indexing, and monitoring dynamic websites.
410 stars25 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
What replacing You.com actually involves
Every option on this page is open source and free to run on your own hardware, so you own the data and there is no subscription to cancel. 7 of 7 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: AGPL-3.0, MIT. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.
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