SurfSense
The premium Open Source alternative to Glean
🎯 Best for:Companies wanting private AI search on internal docs
What is SurfSense?
A RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) platform replacing proprietary enterprise search tools. It ingests internal documentation and allows teams to query knowledge bases using LLMs via a FastAPI and LangChain architecture.
Tech Stack
PythonAI, ML & Data
Why SurfSense?
- • Agnostic to LLM provider
- • Modern React UI
- • Customizable scraping pipelines
Limitations
- • Requires vector DB management
- • Setup requires Python knowledge
- • Early stage project stability
3/5/2026
Last Update
1,168
Forks
63
Issues
Apache-2.0
License
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
/ year (est. based on Glean)
Self-Hosted
$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
150+
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