A free, privacy preserving, archive of public Discord servers
Hey HN! I have been working on this project for a while, and I think this solves a problem that a lot of people here have: not being able to easily search Discord servers. Currently, I only scrape servers that are marked as "discoverable" on Discord. However, if there's enough interest in the project, I'm open to adding specific servers by request. I'm primarily focused on informational servers rather than casual hangout spaces, such as open source projects, Minecraft mods, and support communities for tools, services, or platforms (for example, hosting providers). I have placed restrictions…
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Searchcord is a free, privacy-focused archive that lets users search public Discord servers. It indexes discoverable servers with a focus on informational communities like open source projects, developer tools, and support spaces rather than casual hangouts. The project includes privacy protections such as blocking direct user ID searches to prevent doxing and offering one-click opt-out for server owners who don't want their communities archived.
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Hey HN! I have been working on this project for a while, and I think this solves a problem that a lot of people here have: not being able to easily search Discord servers. Currently, I only scrape servers that are marked as "discoverable" on Discord. However, if there's enough interest in the project, I'm open to adding specific servers by request. I'm primarily focused on informational servers rather than casual hangout spaces, such as open source projects, Minecraft mods, and support communities for tools, services, or platforms (for example, hosting providers). I have placed restrictions on searching directly by user ID to prevent doxing. I also made the opt out process one click, for those who do not want to be archived. This is my first large scale project, so I'd love to hear your feedback!
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