Overview
Scira is a lightweight, explainable AI search engine designed to help users find information on the web with citation support. It’s an open-source project built with modern frontend and backend technologies (TypeScript + Vercel AI SDK), focusing on retrieval quality and traceability of results.
Key Features
- Open source: Publicly available on GitHub for community contributions and self-hosting.
- Citation-aware results: Search outputs include sources to improve verifiability.
- Lightweight deployment: Built for quick deployment and customization on platforms like Vercel.
Use Cases
- Research and learning: Fast web search with references for fact-checking.
- Private deployments: Organizations that prefer running search on internal infrastructure.
- Search experimentation: Researchers evaluating retrieval and answer synthesis strategies.
Technical Details
- Stack: TypeScript frontend, Vercel AI SDK for model integration, modular architecture for customization.
- Extensibility: Designed to allow adding new data sources, retrievers, and ranking strategies.
- Privacy: Self-hosting option reduces reliance on third-party query handling.