Scira AI

Scira is an open-source AI search and research assistant that answers questions with citations to the sources it read. It is aimed at people researching topics online who want to check where each claim in an answer comes from.

Scira plans a search, reads the sources and writes a cited answer, using search modes such as web, X, Reddit, YouTube, academic papers, GitHub, stocks, crypto and prediction markets. Models including Grok, Claude, GPT and Gemini can be switched per question. Paid plans add PDF analysis, voice, connections to more than 100 apps through MCP, and Lookouts: scheduled research tasks that monitor a topic and email updates. Actions that write to a connected app ask for confirmation first.

Scira runs on the web and as an iPhone app (iOS 16.4 or later) that syncs with scira.ai. The library, projects, Lookouts and app connections need an account.

The Free plan allows 3 searches a day with basic models. Pro costs $15 per month ($9 with a student email) and Max costs $60 per month, each with per-model usage limits, and fees are non-refundable. The code is available under the AGPL-3.0 license and can be self-hosted with Docker, which requires the operator's own API keys for services such as OpenAI, Anthropic and Exa.