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24 alternatives to Common Search

Nonprofit search engine for the Web

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Common Search launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Leap.it▲76

   A visual search engine for the web

   2014 · leap.it · its alternatives →

2. 2
   peoplegraph▲156

   The search engine for (finding) tech people

   2014 · iwin79.in.net · its alternatives →

3. 3
   searchcode▲75

   A source code search engine

   2014 · searchcode.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   One Degree▲81

   The Human Search Engine

   2015 · onedegree.co · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Quixey▲74

   The Search Engine For Apps

   2014 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   I'm building a non-profit search engine▲441

   An open source, non-profit web search engine. Contribute to mwmbl/mwmbl development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   The Search▲340

   The all in one search engine for PH, DN, HN and GitHub ✊

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Facebook Search▲95

   Search for posts on Facebook

   2014 · facebook.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Tesse▲99

   A new interactive search engine with people as results

   2017 · tesse.io · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Junoba▲75

    Web search meets Twitter search

    2014 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Ark▲68

    The largest people search engine

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    PennyWhale▲67

    A search engine for fundamental financial data

    2014 · pennywhale.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Compfight▲76

    A Flickr photo search engine

    2014 · vecteezy.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Shodan▲81

    Search engine for computers and IoT

    2015 · shodan.io · its alternatives →

15. 15
    ClickJolt▲69

    Research and Track Online Competition

    2014 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Gramforacause▲79

    Connecting Non-profits and Instagrammers

    2015 · gramforacause.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Socialight.io▲83

    Social media search & analytics for pros and the rest of us

    2014 · socialight.io · its alternatives →

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    SimilarTech▲107

    Find out what technology top site and competitors are using

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    API{Search}▲127

    APIs: Find and Be Found

    2014 · apis.io · its alternatives →

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    Patronage▲86

    Donation matching for small businesses

    2016 · patronage.com · its alternatives →

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    Meanpath▲70

    The source code search engine

    2014 · meanpath.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Common Crawl▲95

    Open repository of web crawl data

    2014 · commoncrawl.org · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Internet.org▲72

    Browse health, employment and info services for free

    2014 · about.fb.com · its alternatives →

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    Knowledge Commons by UNESCO MGIEP▲66

    Social network for social change

    2016 · kcommons.org · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →