noodle (he/him)Feb 10, 2024

This Guy Has Built an Open Source Search Engine as an Alternative to Google in His Spare Time

https://lemm.ee/post/23315957

This Guy Has Built an Open Source Search Engine as an Alternative to Google in His Spare Time - lemm.ee

“I found it very weird that there essentially is no way to browse the web in an open manner. So that’s what I am trying to build,” the founder of Stract said.

Show threadlemmyreaderFeb 10, 2024

The open source SearXNG is good enough for me so far. Any reason to switch to Stract ?

Show threadLionir [he/him]
Stract and SearXNG are two entirely different projects. SearXNG is just using other search engines to power itself - it’s known as a meta search engine. Stract has its own index that does not use other search engines to power itself.
Feb 10, 2024 at 6:31pmWeb
Show threadsmileyheadFeb 10, 2024
If Stract is any good, it would be nice combo to make it work in SearXNG.
Show threadlemmyreaderFeb 10, 2024
Exactly.