# developersdigest/llm-answer-engine

Perplexity Inspired Answer Engine

Repository: https://github.com/developersdigest/llm-answer-engine
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/llm-answer-engine
Homepage: https://developersdigest.tech
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-04-29T12:29:50+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 61/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 79, release rhythm 35, longevity 64
- inputs: {"age_days": 909, "days_push": 126, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5036, forks 777 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:08.752031+00:00)

## What it is
A Perplexity-inspired AI answer engine built with Next.js, the Vercel AI SDK, LangChain.JS, Groq/Mixtral, Brave Search, Serper, and OpenAI. It returns sources, answers, images, videos, and follow-up questions for user queries in a streaming web UI.

## Use cases
- build a self-hosted Perplexity alternative
- answer questions with cited web sources using an LLM
- stream AI-generated answers with search results and images
- learn how to combine RAG with web search in Next.js
- create an AI search app with follow-up questions
- prototype a retrieval-augmented answer engine with Groq and Mixtral

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: rag, search-engine, llm-inference, web-scraping, chat-interface
- domain: large-language-models, artificial-intelligence, web-development
- platform: self-hosted, cloud
- tags: perplexity-clone, answer-engine, nextjs, groq, mixtral, brave-search, vercel-ai-sdk, langchain, streaming-ui, retrieval-augmented-generation, search, web-server, nodejs

## Member repositories
- developersdigest/llm-answer-engine (main) score 61

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:08.752031+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:17:25.853194+00:00, confidence not recorded.
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  - site_page: https://www.developersdigest.tech/blog/fable-5-returns-what-changed (fetched 2026-08-29T08:58:25.446874+00:00, sha 73249efe2ad8)
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- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.