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Swirl

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Federated AI search across your apps with cited answers and no data copying

Swirl is a self-hosted federated AI search tool that queries workplace apps live, ranks the combined results, and returns cited answers without copying data.

Decisive facts

  • Federated search across 150+ live connectors with no central index
  • Zero-copy design: data stays in place, permissions enforced at source
  • Galaxy UI with ranked results plus cited RAG answers
  • Works with the operator's own LLM, including on-prem models
  • Per-user access control and SSO included
  • Private deployment via Docker or Kubernetes

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