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Search · Morphic
Open-source AI answer engine with a generative UI.
A self-hostable answer engine that returns comprehensive, cited answers with a generative UI that adapts per query rather than a list of links. It offers a Quick mode and an Adaptive multi-step research mode, saves searchable history, and is provider-agnostic across LLM and search backends. Apache-2.0, deployable to Vercel in one click, with a free hosted instance at morphic.sh.
Model support
Bring your own model and search-provider API keys; supports local models via Ollama.
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