Trovu.net – Command-Line Web Search with 1000 Sites and Full Privacy
Being bored with filling out the same web forms again and again, I created trovu.net. It's a command-line web search tool that uses curated and personal shortcuts, organized by namespaces, and supports multiple and typed arguments for efficient keyboard use. Trovu prioritizes privacy; all searches are processed locally, without queries to the Trovu server. It's open-source, AGPL-licensed. Here's a quick demo of how it works, you can also watch a video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOUNhCion9M ▶ gfl ber, ibiza, 28, 6 – this takes me directly to Google Flights, listing…
Trovu.net – Command-Line Web Search with 1000 Sites and Full Privacy launched on March 27, 2024 with 5 votes, #2,083 of 4,270 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.
What it does
Search 1000+ websites in a command-line way, with curated and personal shortcuts, organized by namespaces, allowing multiple and typed arguments, with maximum privacy.
In the maker’s words, at launch
Being bored with filling out the same web forms again and again, I created trovu.net. It's a command-line web search tool that uses curated and personal shortcuts, organized by namespaces, and supports multiple and typed arguments for efficient keyboard use. Trovu prioritizes privacy; all searches are processed…
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