Vane Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy Vane on xCloud and get Vane hosting for your own AI answering engine on your own domain. xCloud runs the pinned official image with its SearXNG search engine bundled in the same container, generates the internal search secret, mounts a persistent volume for settings, database and uploads, and publishes the app over HTTPS in minutes. Answers come back with cited sources from the Ollama or cloud model you connect.

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What is Vane?

Vane is a privacy-focused AI answering engine, and a self-hosted Vane runs on your own hardware. It combines knowledge from the internet with local LLMs through Ollama and cloud providers such as OpenAI, Claude and Groq, and returns answers with cited sources, as a self-hosted alternative to a hosted service such as Perplexity. Upstream lists Speed, Balanced and Quality modes, web, discussion and academic sources, file uploads, a Discover page and local search history. It is MIT licensed.

On xCloud the install runs Vane v1.12.2 from the official image, pinned by digest, with SearXNG running inside the same container and kept off the public internet. The vane_data volume holds the SQLite database, config.json and uploads. This release has no login, so anyone who can open the site can change its configuration, including provider keys.

From Sign-Up to a Live Answering Engine In Just 3 Easy Steps

Running Vane yourself normally means pulling the image, wiring a search engine, mounting a data volume, then adding a domain and a certificate. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Vane from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server — there are no extra fields to fill in.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the official Vane image, pinned by immutable digest, with SearXNG running inside the same container and kept off the public internet, mount the vane_data volume for the SQLite database, config and uploads, generate the internal search secret, and publish Vane over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Finish The Setup Wizard
Give first boot about two minutes for database migrations and the search engine, then open your HTTPS Vane URL and finish the setup wizard. There is no sign-in screen, so restrict access to the site before you add a chat provider.

Everything Vane Does, On Your Own Server

Vane runs in full here: an answering engine on your own domain, with its own search engine and a data volume you control.

Answers With Cited Sources
Vane combines web search with a language model and returns answers that cite the sources they came from.
Local Or Cloud Models
Use local models through Ollama or connect providers such as OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini and Groq, configured inside the app.
Bundled SearXNG Search
Web search runs through a SearXNG instance packaged in the same container, so there is no separate search service to deploy.
Speed, Balanced And Quality Modes
Pick Speed for quick answers, Balanced for everyday searches or Quality for deeper research, and search the web, discussions or academic sources.
Ask Questions About Files
Upload documents and ask questions about them; uploads are kept on the persistent vane_data volume.
Discover And Search History
A Discover page surfaces articles and trending content, and every search is saved locally so you can revisit it.

Everything You Need To Run Your AI Search 24/7

Managed hosting for Vane, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.

Vane v1.12.2 deployed instantly
Official image pinned by digest
SearXNG search bundled in
Search secret generated for you
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Vane

Run your own answering engine
Give yourself or a small team an answering engine where queries go through a SearXNG instance you host instead of a hosted AI search service.
Ask and see the sources
Ask a question and get an answer with its sources listed, then switch to Quality mode or academic sources when a topic needs more depth.
Ask questions about your files
Upload PDFs, text files or images and ask questions about them alongside web results.
Mix models per search
Point Vane at an Ollama server or a provider such as OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini or Groq and mix models to suit each search.

Vane Screenshots

Vane home screen with the question box ready for a search

Vane vs Alternatives

Perplexity: Perplexity is a hosted AI answer service. As a Perplexity alternative, Vane gives you a comparable cited-answer workflow on a server you control, with the search engine and your data volume on that server.
Morphic: In a Vane vs Morphic comparison, Morphic has its own OneClick page. Its catalogue entry describes an open-source AI answer engine returning cited answers through a generative UI, backed by bundled SearXNG.
SearXNG on its own: SearXNG has its own OneClick page. It returns a list of search results from many engines; Vane uses it as the search backend and adds a language model that writes the cited answer.
Open WebUI: Open WebUI has its own OneClick page. It is a web interface for talking to models, where Vane starts from a web search and answers with citations.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for Vane hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if Vane sits alongside a local Ollama or other apps.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account. Vane itself is licensed by its maintainers under the MIT License.

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Self-managed hosting

Ready To Run Your Own AI Search Engine?

Vane on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own the server. Stay in control.

Fast Provisioning
Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
Enterprise-grade security
Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
Intuitive Control Panel
From Server creation to application deployment, everything can be managed from our intuitive control panel.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

Can you self-host Vane with Docker?

Yes, and this template is Vane Docker hosting without the setup: the pinned itzcrazykns1337/vane v1.12.2 image with SearXNG bundled in, one data volume, a generated search secret and HTTPS on your domain. Do not use the Docker Hub latest tag.

How much RAM does Vane need?

The template asks for 2 CPU cores, 1024 MB of RAM and 10 GB of disk, and QA measured 387 MB idle and about 602 MB after a round trip. The image runs Node, SearXNG and Playwright, so the 6 GB plan is the entry rung.

How do I sign in to Vane?

You do not: Vane v1.12.2 has no login or user accounts. Open the URL, finish the setup wizard and add at least one chat provider. Because anyone who can open the site can change its configuration, restrict access before you add provider keys.

Is it safe to add my OpenAI key to Vane?

Only once access to the site is restricted. In this release provider API keys are readable by anyone who can open the URL, so keep the site private with Basic Auth or IP restrictions before you enter any key.

Which models can Vane use?

Local models through Ollama, or cloud providers such as OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini and Groq, configured in the app. No model is included with the deployment, and provider usage is billed by that provider, not by xCloud.

Why does Vane return fewer search results for some queries?

Some SearXNG engines may be blocked from datacenter IP addresses, which can reduce results for some queries. This was noted during verification, and it is a property of the search engines rather than of Vane, so try other sources.

What should I back up on a Vane server?

Back up the vane_data volume, which holds the SQLite database, config.json with provider secrets, and uploads, plus the generated search secret, which must be preserved on restore. Restore the volume under the same project identity.

Backups in xCloud

How do I upgrade Vane?

v1.12.2 remains pinned until you take a newer template version. Copy vane_data beforehand and read the project's notes. Running sites are never upgraded by xCloud, and provider keys from the environment apply only to new providers.

Is Vane free?

Yes. Vane is MIT licensed, so the code carries no fee. You pay for the dedicated Cloud VPS and for any cloud model provider you connect, which xCloud does not bill and which you control with your own key.

Does Vane use SearXNG?

Yes. Upstream says web search is powered by SearXNG, which gives access to multiple search engines while keeping your identity private. In this template SearXNG runs inside the same container, listens on an internal port and is not published.

Is there a Vane cloud service?

Not through this page. Vane cloud hosting here means your own answering engine runs on a Cloud VPS that xCloud prepares, with settings, history and uploads on a volume you own, behind access rules you choose.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.