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. Websurfx – A search engine that gets results from other search engines launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   A new search engine UX I've been working on in my free time▲572

   2022 · swurl.com · its alternatives →

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   searx▲82

   A privacy-respecting, hackable metasearch engine

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Dweb Search▲79

   A decentralized search engine for IPFS and Filecoin

   2021 · dweb-search.on.fleek.co · its alternatives →

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   A search engine for your personal network of high-quality websites▲266

   Hey all, Last time when we were on HackerNews [1], we received a lot of feedback, and we incorporated most of it. - We have changed our name from grep.help to usegrasp.com - A privacy policy page - Bulk import - Pricing page We are happy to introduce a new feature: a personalized answer search engine that provides direct citations to the content on the page. Demo: https://usegrasp.com/search?q=is+starship+fully+reusable%3F 1 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35510949

   2023 · usegrasp.com · its alternatives →

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

   2021 · ninfex.com · its alternatives →

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   Tesse▲99

   A new interactive search engine with people as results

   2017 · tesse.io · its alternatives →

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   Type Sample▲105

   A tool for identifying and sampling webfonts

   2014 · typewolf.com · its alternatives →

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   Anonysurfer▲102

   Surf the web with anonymous and private web proxies

   2014 · its alternatives →

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   Google Cloud Search▲86

   A unified smart search engine for G Suite customers

   2017 · cloud.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Ninfex▲90

    Experimental people-powered search engine

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    Leap.it▲76

    A visual search engine for the web

    2014 · leap.it · its alternatives →

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    Sonar▲14

    A linting tool for the web

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    kidrex▲60

    totally SFW search engine (or, Google for kids!)

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Web Metrics: Proven Methods for Measuring Web Site Success▲56

    A classic book for web analytics geeks

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Entfer – a search engine that lets you control the ranking of sites▲5

    2022 · entfer.com · its alternatives →

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    A browser extension to instantly switch engines and customize workflow▲5

    I enjoy collecting various search engines, but some of them lack support for GET/POST searches and switching between different search engines can be a hassle. So, I developed this browser extension that enables automated searching on websites that don't support GET/POST through simulated input and clicks. It also offers one-click switching between search engines. Additionally, it highlights the searched keywords on the search results page. Lastly, it allows cross-domain data fetching and displays the information in a pop-up layer within the current page. GitHub:…

    2024 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Mirage▲8

    An interactive query explorer for Elasticsearch

    2016 · opensource.appbase.io · its alternatives →

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    Curate your own search engine from pages you browse and bookmark▲31

    🌱 TDF - Tree Document Format - a universal file format for web collections - DO-SAY-GO/tdf

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Browsix▲9

    A Unix-like operating system for your web browser

    2016 · browsix.org · its alternatives →

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    Scridx▲6

    A screenplay search engine

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Omnity▲3

    Next-generation semantic search engine

    2016 · omnity.io · its alternatives →

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    BladeSearch▲5

    A Google custom search engine focused on a single topic

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Term Explorer▲23

    SEO tool to find the most profitable keywords.

    2015 · keywordsheeter.com · its alternatives →

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    Funnelback Search▲5

    Enterprise search as a platform

    2015 · funnelback.com · its alternatives →

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