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Scira — plan, retrieve, cross-check, and answer with citations

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Stars
11,895
Primary language
TypeScript
License
AGPL-3.0
Repository last updated
Aug 12, 2026

Overview

Scira is an agentic research platform that decomposes questions, retrieves information from the web and specialist sources such as academic search, GitHub, Reddit, and financial data, and returns answers with inline citations.

Features and best fit

Based on official documentation; not hands-on tested · Content checked:

Plan sub-tasks and retrieve evidence from multiple source types

Agentic planning chooses search modes and tools, gathers evidence from multiple sources, and cross-checks results.

Sources: [2]

Return cited answers and run recurring research agents

Answers include inline citations, while Lookouts can schedule recurring research on changing topics.

Sources: [2]

For combining web search and deep research in one codebase

It suits workflows that need to cross web, academic, code, community, and market-data sources through agentic orchestration.

Sources: [2]

Self-hosting still relies on many external API providers

Docker and local deployment are supported, but many search, model, maps, media, and data features require third-party API keys. Review data flow and cost per enabled feature.

Sources: [2]

Official sources

  1. [1]zaidmukaddam/scira repository(2026-09-20)
  2. [2]Scira README(2026-09-20)
  3. [3]Scira website(2026-09-20)
  4. [4]Scira AGPL-3.0 license(2026-09-20)
Supplemental curator note

Scira goes beyond summarizing a single search result by planning sub-tasks, searching multiple sources, cross-checking evidence, and producing cited answers. Self-hosting does not mean fully offline operation: the default architecture integrates multiple search, data, and LLM providers.

Try it in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Get the source

    git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/zaidmukaddam/scira.git
  2. 2

    Enter the repository

    cd scira
  3. 3

    Check the official steps

    Continue with the commands in the README Installation, Quick Start, or Getting Started section.

    find . -maxdepth 1 -iname 'README*' -exec sed -n '1,220p' {} \; -quit
Check the official README

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GitHub Topics

  • ai-search-engine
  • scira
  • search-engine
  • minimalistic-ai-search-engine
  • scira-ai
Stars
11,895
Forks
1,499
Watchers
81
Open issues
17
Contributors
20
Primary language
TypeScript
License
AGPL-3.0
Repository last updated
Aug 12, 2026
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