What is Morphic?
AI search engine that writes cited answers with rich layouts, in Quick or Adaptive mode.
Who is Morphic best for?
Morphic is best for developers and teams who want a self-hosted AI search engine that writes cited answers.
Private search for a team
A self-hosted instance with built-in accounts or OIDC sign-in keeps chat history in your own PostgreSQL database.
Local models
It works with Ollama and other OpenAI-compatible providers, so answers can come from a model on your own hardware.
Deeper questions
Adaptive mode runs multi-step research, while Quick mode returns a fast answer.
Developers building on it
The codebase is open, so the interface and providers can be changed and the app deployed to Vercel or Docker.
How much does Morphic cost?
Morphic is free: the hosted version at chat.morphic.sh costs nothing, and self-hosting costs only your server and model provider fees.
- Docker Compose with bundled SearXNG
- Any supported model provider
- Accounts, OIDC or guest mode
- Quick and Adaptive search modes
- Models chosen by Morphic
- File uploads
Morphic lists no paid plan. A self-hosted instance pays its own model provider, and search costs nothing with the bundled SearXNG. Full pricing on github.com. We checked these prices on .
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Is Morphic open source?
Yes. Morphic's code is public under the Apache 2.0 licence, so you can run it on your own server.
On GitHub
9,325stars
+161 (+1.8%) in the last 30 days
- Last commit
- 12 Nov
- Repository age
- 2 years
- Latest release
- 9 Nov
- Licence
- Apache 2.0
- Self-hosted
- Yes
- Repository
- miurla/morphic
What are the best Morphic alternatives?
Morphic is an open source alternative to Perplexity. Scira, Khoj, Co-STORM and 2 more do the same job and are open source too.
PerplexityFreeSearch that answers with sources, plus deep research.
SciraOpen SourceResearch assistant that finds answers and acts across 100+ apps.
KhojOpen SourcePersonal AI that answers from your notes, PDFs and the web, with any local or online model.
Co-STORMOpen SourceStanford's multi-agent research tool that writes cited reports.
MiroThinkerOpen SourceMiroMind's open deep research agent models for long, multi-step web research with hundreds of tool calls.
PokeeResearch 7BOpen SourceAn Apache-licensed deep-research agent built on Qwen2.5-7B.
Questions about Morphic
What is Morphic?
AI search engine that writes cited answers with rich layouts, in Quick or Adaptive mode.
Who is Morphic for?
Morphic is best for developers and teams who want a self-hosted AI search engine that writes cited answers.
Is Morphic free?
Yes. Morphic has a free Self-hosted plan: docker Compose with bundled SearXNG.
Is Morphic open source?
Yes. Morphic's code is public under the Apache 2.0 licence, so you can run it on your own server.
What are the best Morphic alternatives?
The closest alternatives on Recaply are Perplexity, Scira, Khoj, Co-STORM, MiroThinker and PokeeResearch 7B.
Where can I try Morphic?
On its official website, morphic.sh.
Do I need a search API key to run Morphic?
No. Morphic's Docker Compose setup includes SearXNG, a self-hosted search engine, so only an AI provider key is required. Tavily, Brave or Exa can be set instead if you prefer a hosted search API.
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