zaidmukaddam/scira
Scira (Formerly MiniPerplx) is a minimalistic AI-powered search engine that helps you find information on the internet and cites it too. Powered by Vercel AI SDK! observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
67/100
- Activity 97
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 54
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 756
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 21
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
11850 stars · 1490 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Scira is an open-source, minimalistic AI-powered search engine and agentic research platform that plans multi-step searches, retrieves live web sources, and returns answers with inline citations. It offers 17+ search modes (web, academic, X, Reddit, stocks, etc.), scheduled research agents, and MCP-based app integrations, built on the Vercel AI SDK.
Use cases
- search the web with an AI that cites its sources
- run deep research on a complex question with multiple sources
- search reddit and X posts for community opinions
- find academic papers and scholarly citations
- monitor a topic daily and get emailed updates
- self-host an open-source Perplexity alternative
- fact-check claims against live sources
- connect a research agent to apps like Slack or Notion via MCP
When to choose
- you want a self-hostable, cited AI search experience
- you need agentic multi-step research rather than a single chatbot answer
- you want specialized search modes like academic, stocks, or social media
- you want to bring your own models and tools to an AI search stack
When to avoid
- you need a simple embeddable search library rather than a full application
- you require a permissive license (it is AGPL-3.0)
- you want fully offline search without external search/model APIs
- you need enterprise-grade compliance or SLAs out of the box
Facets
application · maturity active
search-engine agent-framework rag chatbot web-scraping mcp llm-inference artificial-intelligence web-development self-hosted ai-search-engine perplexity-alternative agentic-research citations vercel-ai-sdk nextjs deep-research agpl search ai-agents retrieval-augmented-generation natural-language-processing web-server nodejs typescript
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/zaidmukaddam/scira · fetched 2026-08-28 · 81bc16f04c4b
- homepage: https://scira.ai · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3349f11ae390
- site_page: https://scira.ai/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · 85ec46756f14
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| zaidmukaddam/scira | main | 67 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="zaidmukaddam/scira")
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