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Commerce · June 21, 2014

An open distributed search engine for science

I’ve started building a distributed search engine for scholarly literature, which is completely contained within a browser extension: install it from the Chrome Web Store. It uses WebRTC and magic, and is currently, like, right now, used by 0 people. It’s you who can be number...

An open distributed search engine for science launched on June 21, 2014 with 98 votes, #242 of 1,531 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 12 years on.

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This is a browser extension that functions as a distributed search engine for scholarly literature. It operates entirely within the browser using WebRTC technology and requires no centralized server infrastructure. The tool is designed for researchers and academics seeking to search academic papers and scientific content. It is currently in early development stages and available as a Chrome Web Store extension.

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I’ve started building a distributed search engine for scholarly literature, which is completely contained within a browser extension: install it from the Chrome Web Store. It uses WebRTC and magic, and is currently, like, right now, used by 0 people. It’s you who can be number... TL;DR: I’ve started building a distributed search engine for scholarly literature, which is completely contained within a browser extension: install it from the Chrome Web Store . It uses WebRTC and magic, and is currently, like, right now, used by 0 people. It’s you who can be number 0 . This project is 20 days old and early alpha software; it may not work at all. A few months ago, while attending Software…from juretriglav.si

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