@matt @jeruyyap yeah, I am now considering @Mojeek but I am very wary of moving to another search engine that is buying into the AI hype train. Sigh.

@rysiek @matt @Mojeek

If you're interested in other options then @Seirdy did an excellent piece on the topic that pretty much covers what's out there for now:
https://seirdy.one/posts/2021/03/10/search-engines-with-own-indexes/

A look at search engines with their own indexes

A cursory review of all the non-metasearch, indexing search engines I have been able to find.

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