Overview
Perplexica is an open source AI-driven search engine designed to provide retrieval and answer-generation capabilities similar to Perplexity AI. It integrates retrieval, RAG pipelines, and answer synthesis to enable building query assistants and knowledge services using open components.
Key features
- Retrieval-augmented generation workflows.
- Multi-source indexing for web, documents, and structured data.
- Modular architecture to swap retrieval and model backends.
Use cases
- Internal knowledge search and Q&A systems.
- Prototyping RAG-based assistants with open-source stacks.
Technical notes
- Implemented primarily in TypeScript for frontend-friendly integrations.