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24 alternatives to WikiPediaSearch

Instantly search Wikipedia faster & distraction-free

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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    DocSearch▲259

    The easiest way to add search to your documentation

    2015 · community.algolia.com · its alternatives →

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    Smarter way to browse Wikipedia

    2021 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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    I made this site for myself, SimpleSearch.info, as new default browser page. I’m not sure if it actually _saves_ time or clicks (though, for me, it saves at least one click per search), but I find the search experience more pleasant. On desktop, it’s nice to just have these search bars as the first thing that pops up in a new window or tab vs clicking bookmarks in the toolbar or elsewhere then searching. Similarly, on mobile, I like just clicking on one icon for all my searches. The vast majority of my web browsing begins with a search or LLM query. I’m curious if this is helpful to anyone…

    2025 · simplesearch.info · its alternatives →

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    Connect two articles on Wikipedia, but do it the long way. I've always been a fan of the theory of six degree of separation, but it's an overused concept when exploring the Wiki-graph. Instead of showing the shortest path, which in my opinion is "boring" and ends up connecting super-important central articles, I came up with my own method: WikiBinge selects the smaller, less represented articles on Wikipedia. In a WikiBinge path, the underdogs are the kings! How does it work? It's pretty straightforward! Compute PageRank on the Wiki-graph and assign as weight of each edge the PageRank value…

    2023 · wikibinge.com · its alternatives →

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    Finds and highlights words or phrases on any webpage.

    2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Search faster and smarter on Chrome

    2018 · its alternatives →

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    Improve your WordPress site's search

    2021 · expertrec.com · its alternatives →

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    Cwiki▲130

    A Command line interface for searching Wikipedia!

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Qikipedia▲107

    Instant Wikipedia summary cards on any web page

    2018 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    The fastest search engine for the fast paced strategy game

    2016 · searchstone.io · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN, WikTok is a UI for Wikipedia that lets you quickly swipe (or use your arrow keys) to navigate between random and recommended articles (based on the previous articles you interacted most with). It's just a fun project I hacked together this weekend, so may be a little rough around the edges, but I'd love to get your thoughts. Let me know if you have any suggestions (or find any interesting articles!) Cheers,

    2023 · wiktok.org · its alternatives →

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    An encyclopedia on your wrist

    2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    The fastest way to brand & communication insights

    2018 · talkwalker.com · its alternatives →

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    Allsearch is a tool I made after getting fed up with Google's search results and reading up on conversations on HN about the state of search on the internet. This is a tool I made as a spiritual successor to GnodSearch (https://www.gnod.com/search/), which I've seen in a couple conversations about search on HN. GnodSearch is great, but a bit barebones in terms of looks and functionality; Allsearch is my attempt to build off of it. Similar to Gnod, Allsearch allows you to apply any given search query to a search engine of your choice (either through only keystrokes, or via…

    2022 · allsear.ch · its alternatives →

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    Briefly▲116

    Free augmented search summary for Google

    2021 · silkdata.tech · its alternatives →

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    Apisearch is a performant search-engine as a service

    2021 · apisearch.io · its alternatives →

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    A keyword research tool using Google Search Suggestions data

    2022 · keywordsea.com · its alternatives →

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    Decentralized search engine, powered by the community.

    2018 · account.presearch.com · its alternatives →

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    I was inspired by Andy Matuschak's Evergreen Notes viewer and created this small web app to browse Wikipedia in the same way. Clicking on a link opens the content in a new pane to the right. And you can resize panes. It's really nice for following rabbit holes or checking out lists from articles. Let me know what you think! Code here: https://github.com/steezeburger/wikipedia-browser

    2024 · steezeburger.com · its alternatives →

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    Online tool for searching through documents. CTRL+F on crack

    2019 · its alternatives →

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    Founch▲95

    A new way to explore the web (an advanced Wikipedia)

    2015 · founch.com · its alternatives →

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    Instantly search across your entire Twitter history

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    Productivity search tool to enhance your focus

    2023 · its alternatives →

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