Same architecture as Perplexity — crawler, indexer, query engine — but running on your hardware. Zero data leaves your server.
Every search you make on Google, Bing, or Perplexity sends your query — and your intent — to their servers. Re-Source is the alternative: the same architecture, running on your hardware, for your data.
Every query stays on your machine. No analytics pings. No third-party APIs. No surveillance. Your index is yours alone.
Crawler, indexer, query engine, API server, and web UI — all in a single Rust binary. Deploy anywhere with one command.
React Native mobile app included. Search your index from your phone. Your server. Your data. Your connection.
Every line of code is open. No black boxes. No "trust us." Inspect the ranking algorithm, the crawler logic, the storage layer.
⬡ Same architecture as Perplexity — crawler → indexer → ranker → serve. But every byte stays on your hardware. No third party sees a single query.
A complete search stack — from crawling to serving — in one binary. No external dependencies. No cloud services. Just your hardware and your data.
Googlebot-style crawler with robots.txt compliance, politeness delays, URL deduplication, and scheduled re-crawling. Crawl at your pace.
SQLite WAL-backed inverted index with TF-IDF scoring. Full-text search that ranks results by relevance — auditable, tunable, transparent.
Rust-native HTTP server serving search results with ranked snippets and metadata. Sub-millisecond query response on your hardware.
Full Expo-based React Native app for Android and iOS. Search your index from your phone. Self-hosted backend, mobile frontend.
Absolutely no telemetry, analytics, or external connections. Your server talks to nobody. Every query is local. No data ever leaves.
One compiled Rust binary. One command. Everything — crawler, indexer, API, frontend — runs in a single process. Docker, bare metal, VPS.
| Feature | Re-Source | Perplexity | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Self-Hosted | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Zero Third-Party Tracking | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Open Source Code | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Mobile App Included | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Data Ownership | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Inverted Index + TF-IDF | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Free · Open Source | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Air-Gap Compatible | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Open-source core. Pre-built binaries. Mobile app. Deployment support. No subscription. No upsells.
Re-Source is free. The code is free. The use is free. Helping people is free. Crawl, index, and query your own data — self-hosted, zero tracking, no third parties.
⬡ Free · ⬡ Open source · ⬡ Your data, your server