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Morphic

Morphic

Open-source AI-powered answer engine with a generative UI - answers render rich, source-credited inline components (images, grids, headings) live from a streamed JSON spec rather than plain markdown. Supports multiple model providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Ollama) and search backends (Tavily, SearXNG, Brave, Exa), with chat history, shareable result URLs, file upload, and guest mode. The differentiator is the generative-UI answer surface; it is Docker-deployable for self-hosting.

Apache-2.0; ~8.9k GitHub stars by mid-2026. Built on Next.js + the Vercel AI SDK. Self-hostable open generative-search UI.

Openness

5 high confidence
5.0
license
Apache-2.0(OSI)
source
public(github.com/miurla/morphic)
self-host
primary(Docker)
core-gated
ungated

Fully OSI-licensed (Apache-2.0), full source public, Docker-deployable for self-hosting - a true open generative-search UI.

Adoption

3 medium confidence
3.0

~8.9k GitHub stars by mid-2026; no download/usage telemetry available for a self-hosted web app, so stars_fallback (capped at level 3). Popular as a reference open answer-engine template (also a Vercel template).

Capability

3 medium confidence
3.0

Distinctive generative-UI answer surface with multi-provider/multi-search support, but scoped to search-and-answer rather than the full chat-UI feature set (lighter on multimodal, plugins, enterprise auth). Mid-tier for the category.

Unchanged since 2026-07-30 (last edited, not re-checked)