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YaCy 1.941 is out: a big step toward transparent and private AI. New chat + RAG workflows, tool calling, MCP integration, YaCy Packs, better ranking/snippets #YaCy #Search #RAG #AI
Release Notes: https://community.searchlab.eu/t/yacy-release-1-941-the-ai-release/3376

alci 20h ago

Seems https://stract.com ils no longer operational, and the developper is no working on the project any longer...
That's a pity 😥 , I liked the ideas behind this search engine, although the index was never big enough to give really relevant results.

#marginaliasearch is an alternative, it seems.

I'm not sure what it takes to run a web crawler... Or how big the index becomes..
#yacy has a decentralized approach, not sure it works

#searchengine #souverainetenumerique #foss #logiciellibre

Stract

not a martian, honest 2d ago

been playing around with yacy the last few days. It's a distributed search engine that crawls the web and shares the results in a DHT.
That is, mine would share its results as well, if I could get that damn port forwarding working.

so actually I've mostly played around with that. somehow the port at the target machine still isn't recognized, despite a separate caddy forward working perfectly

grrrr

#linux #yacy

Vladyslav 4d ago

RE: https://mstdn.party/@Crystal_Fish_Caves/116286482057993962

This is exactly what prompted me to develop a decentralized network built on YaCy. The technology is a bit old, but it is convenient to use. So what is preventing us from making it better?
#yacy #privacy

not a martian, honest 4d ago

fiddling around with an interesting app (yacy, a locally hosted distributed search engine) which unfortunately doesn't have a support chat, but has a ChatGPT-powered support instead.

honestly, I haven't found a single thing it said that was actually right. it's literally the most useless support system I have ever encountered. Not running it would have been a net benefit, as I wouldn't have to try to follow all those stupid instructions it gave me.

fuck ai.

#ai #yacy

Vladyslav 5d ago

🚀 This image highlights my love for the Mastodon network!
The moment you publish important information for humanity, you become inconvenient for corporations. I've already been blocked 2 times on Twitter, 2 times on X, twice on Facebook, once on a Mastodon server, and 3 times on Instagram.
It all starts when I, as a Ukrainian, post about things that concern me — for example, about forced mobilization of men in Ukraine — and suddenly bots hired by the authorities flood in with mass complaints against my account. Because it's an inconvenient truth that doesn't allow them to steal more money 😅
I was also blocked during COVID when I provided evidence that humanity was being deceived. Facebook and Instagram were the first to block my accounts. Why? Because Bill Gates and others wanted to make their billions, and many people like me were silenced — everyone who asked uncomfortable questions.
That's why I, as a software developer, support everything decentralized. We create our own solutions and improve existing major projects. One of our recent initiatives is to completely rewrite the Yacy search engine for our needs. This is a decentralized network that gives freedom to users. Nobody will monitor what you search for.
We also support the F-Droid team, which champions the right to free and open-source software.
Join us! Share this post if you stand for:
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Freedom of action
✅ Free software
✅ Decentralization
Thank you to everyone who has already joined and shared their thoughts and suggestions!
#Mastodon #FreedomOfSpeech #Decentralization #FOSS #Ukraine #DigitalFreedom #OpenSource #Privacy #FDroid #Yacy

Fae Empress 6d ago

Nooo god, please STOP adding AI to your projects! #yacy Has anyone started working on a fork?

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Moonstone2487 6d ago

@RichieRich @heiseonline

#yacy : Am I a joke to you?
https://yacy.net/

Klar, kann nicht jeder bei sich im Keller aufsetzen, aber macht ja auch nicht jeder nen #Mastodon oder #Pixelfed Server auf und trotzdem gibt's mittlerweile genug. #dezentral