39kActiveLinux · In your browserAGPL-3.0Replaces partlyRuns on your own server
SearXNG is a free search tool that shows results from many other search engines in one place, without tracking or profiling users. It is for people who want to search the web privately and can run it themselves or use a public instance.
Runs on your own server · GitHub · Combines other engines' results
77Quiet for a yearAGPL-3.0Replaces partlyRuns on your own server
Librengine is a privacy-focused web search engine that crawls websites and searches its own index instead of using large commercial search services. It is aimed at people who want to run a private search site, and the README says the project is no longer maintained.
Runs on your own server · GitHub
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Read the list of open-source alternatives at https://opensourceeverything.org/data/groups/search.json. Compare it with my project or idea below. Tell me which projects overlap, what I could reuse instead of rewriting, and what mine does that none of them do.
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Here is a list of open-source alternatives to Google Search, from Open Source Everything (CC BY-SA 4.0):
- SearXNG (AGPL-3.0, https://github.com/searxng/searxng; replaces partly): SearXNG is a free search tool that shows results from many other search engines in one place, without tracking or profiling users. It is for people who want to search the web privately and can run it themselves or use a public instance.
- YaCy (GPL-2.0-or-later, https://github.com/yacy/yacy_search_server; replaces partly): YaCy is a search engine you run yourself, with its own index of web pages. It suits people who want private search or a search tool for an intranet.
- librengine (AGPL-3.0, https://github.com/liameno/librengine; replaces partly): Librengine is a privacy-focused web search engine that crawls websites and searches its own index instead of using large commercial search services. It is aimed at people who want to run a private search site, and the README says the project is no longer maintained.
Compare it with my project or idea below. Tell me which projects overlap, what I could reuse instead of rewriting, and what mine does that none of them do.
My project or idea:
