Vane by ItzCrazyKns
Vane is an AI-powered answering engine.
About Vane
From the project's README at github.com/ItzCrazyKns/Vane. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
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Vane is a privacy-focused AI answering engine that runs entirely on your own hardware. It combines knowledge from the vast internet with support for local LLMs (Ollama) and cloud providers (OpenAI, Claude, Groq), delivering accurate answers with cited sources while keeping your searches completely private.
Want to know more about its architecture and how it works? You can read it here. Features
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 34k | github.com/ItzCrazyKns/Vane |
| GitHub forks | 3.7k | github.com/ItzCrazyKns/Vane |
| NPM downloads (last month) | 575 | vane |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 2.2 years | since Apr 2024 |
| Last commit | 3 months ago | Apr 11, 2026 |
| Releases shipped | 34 | last: 3 months ago |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hetzner | CAX11 | 2c · 4GB · 40GB | $4.13 USD | Deploy → |
| vultr | VC2 | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5 USD | Deploy → |
| linode | Nanode 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5.12 USD | Deploy → |
| digitalocean | Basic Regular 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $6 USD | Deploy → |
What people say on Hacker News
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- Ask HN: Have I Become a Luddite?
Ready to self-host Vane?
Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
Data last refreshed Jun 21, 2026.
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