Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Privacy conscious, discovery focused search engine – Whize (Alpha) launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Whize▲74

   Private search

   2020 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   searx▲82

   A privacy-respecting, hackable metasearch engine

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3AD
   A discovery-focused search engine for Hacker News▲193

   We (Nick, Dens, Denzell, Fede, Drew, Aaryan, and Daniel) have been building HN Discovery, a discovery-focused search engine for Hacker News, in our spare time for the past 6 months and are excited to show it! It adds the following features relative to the existing keyword search interface and preserves the existing ones: - no-JS version (hnnojs.trieve.ai) - site:{required_site} and site:{negated-site} filters - public analytics - LLM generated query suggestions based on random stories - recommendations - dense vector semantic search - SPLADE fulltext search - RAG AI chat - order by…

   2024 · hn.trieve.ai · its alternatives →

4. 4NF
   New, Fast, Anonymous, Tor-First Search Engine▲9

   2019 · search4tor7txuze.onion · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Tesse▲99

   A new interactive search engine with people as results

   2017 · tesse.io · its alternatives →

6. 6SF
   Solve for All – customizable, private, hackable search engine▲7

   2016 · solveforall.com · its alternatives →

7. 7SE
   Search Explorer – A new kind of WMT-based SEO tool, needs alpha testers▲9

   2015 · searchexplorer.com · its alternatives →

8. 8BA
   Built Anonymous Search Engine for Facebook Pages▲5

   2013 · facebookpagesearch.apoorv.pro · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Peekier▲7

   The most privacy-oriented search engine.

   2016 · kagi.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Eager 2.0▲109

    An open platform for website plugins

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11TS
    The Social Search Engine, A crowd-sourced, anonymous social search tool▲9

    2021 · thesocialsearchengine.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Peer-to-peer web search over the YaCy network▲5

    SearXNG — a privacy-respecting, open metasearch engine

    15d ago · search.my-yacy-node.org · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Epic Privacy Browser▲66

    A privacy-centric web browser

    2014 · epicbrowser.com · its alternatives →

14. 14PS
    Private Search – Decoupled identity and search, no Google/Bing▲5

    2020 · private.sh · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Omnity▲3

    Next-generation semantic search engine

    2016 · omnity.io · its alternatives →

16. 16
    KeeNotes - a Privacy-First Personal Knowledgebase Tool▲8

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Whaleslide▲6

    A search engine that protects your privacy

    2017 · its alternatives →

18. 18WP
    Whimso – preference based place search engine▲5

    2018 · whimso.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    LazyWeb – Conversational search engine that's ad-free and private▲24

    LazyWeb brings you Andi search - conversational, anonymous, and ad-free. Find what you need.

    2021 · lazyweb.ai · its alternatives →

20. 20EO
    Enhanced, Open-Source Google Search for Hackers▲5

    2016 · search.spince.com · its alternatives →

21. 211P
    123Metrics – Privacy centered website metrics▲7

    2019 · 123metrics.com · its alternatives →

22. 22BA
    Built a small search engine without the fluff▲6

    2024 · kgrep.com · its alternatives →

23. 23PP
    Privacy preserving notes and journal webapp with personal analytics▲7

    2020 · poplar.one · its alternatives →

24. 24
    DarkDarkGo – Distributed Search Engine for the Darknet▲5

    2019 · github.com · 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 →