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Products that do what I'm building a non-profit search engine does

1. 1IM
   I'm building a personal web search engine▲8

   2022 · github.com

2. 2MN
   My not-for-profit search engine with no ads, no AI, & all DDG bangs▲199

   I've been working on a little open source [1] search engine, nilch. I noticed that nearly all well known search engines, including the alternative ones, tend to be run by companies of various sizes with the goal to make money, so they either fill your results with ads or charge you money, and I dislike this because search is the backbone of the internet and should not be commercial, so it runs in a not-for-profit style and aims to survive on donations. Additionally I'm personally really sick of AI in my search results so I got rid of that, and I wanted DuckDuckGo bangs so it supports all of…

   Dec 2025 · nilch.org

3. 3OS
   Open-source search engine with 2bn-page index▲229

   2016 · deusu.org

4. 4MN
   My new project - ask.io▲206

   2013 · ask.io

5. 5AE
   An experimental, people-powered search engine▲215

   2021 · ninfex.com

6. 6
   Nullity AI▲185

   Build your internal search engine in 30 seconds

   2024

7. 7IW
   I wrote a search engine + aggregator for WordPress sites▲5

   2011 · presstags.com

8. 8MN
   My new domain search tool▲95

   2013 · shortdomainsearch.net

9. 9IW
   I wrote a book about Elasticsearch▲66

   2021 · elasticsearchbook.com

10. 10IB
    I built a Chrome extension to donate to charities while on Amazon▲51

    2013 · smilealways.io

11. 11IB
    I built a peer-to-peer publishing platform▲115

    2018 · peerdium.com

12. 12AB
    a blog search engine▲27

    2013 · sotosearch.com

13. 13IV
    I've built a Serverless search feature for my blog▲10

    2020 · morling.dev

14. 14AL
    A little knowledge portal I've been building▲72

    2016 · tuvalie.com

15. 15IS
    I Started a No-Code Project to Curate the Web▲18

    2020 · readlist.in

16. 16AS
    A Simple Search Engine▲30

    2020 · kuurio.com

17. 17SN
    Sleio – Nonprofit Google Alternative▲7

    Based on http://paulgraham.com/ambitious.html I asked myself what would it take to build a Google-like search engine? What would change people's minds about using different search engine than Google and then it hit me out of the blue. I would love to use nonprofit open-source search engine. That's why I built Sleio (http://www.sleio.com/) - a search engine that donates 100% of its profits to causes you love. It's powered by Google at the moment, but I believe it's a good start. I am eager to hear ideas how to make this happen. Your feedback is very appreciated.

    2014

18. 18IM
    I made a free blogging/bookmarking platform with discussions/discovery▲51

    2021 · wndr.xyz

19. 19IM
    I made a human powered travel search engine▲15

    2011 · toorld.com

20. 20AN
    A news search engine – need feedback▲14

    2013 · readrz.com

21. 21AN
    A new search engine for finding leads▲37

    Hey folks, There has been some talk about search engines here so I thought maybe I'd share a new project I'm working on. Built it partly to help me sell my own projects. Still a lot of work to be done but would be happy to get feedback. Very early phase so don't trust your life with it. Cheers --- Edit: if anyone needs a free/no CC account just DM me on https://www.linkedin.com/in/crufter/

    2024 · singulatron.com

22. 22MF
    My first open-source project, AI based search and answer app▲7

    2024 · github.com

23. 23IB
    I built a website that collects remote jobs from the internet▲10

    2020 · remoted.xyz

24. 24AS
    Another Search Engine▲11

    2021 · datorss.com

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