There’s a new beta one which only uses its own index: stract.com
static_radio@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
Is there any escape from shitty AI slop in my search results?
What search engines are there that I can use that arent a proxy for one of the big ones? And yes I know about Kagi, I’d prefer open source if possible.
asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 4 weeks ago
balder1991@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Maybe something to use only for fun, but check out Marginalia. It’s open source and as far as I know, runs in the guy’s computer at his house. It deprioritizes commercial websites and boosts small blogs instead.
RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
There’s not really a strong player in the open source search space.
Mwmnl exists, but per their own readme:
The quality is a long way’s off from matching the commercial engines at the moment
Kagi provides the source code for many of their services, but is not truly open source, especially because at its core, it relies on applying its own rankings to other’s indexes.
That said, search is a space where the old adage rings true:
If you’re not paying for it; you are the product!
For what it’s worth, I find value in my Kagi subscription.
IMALlama@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Moving from enshitified closed source to a different closed source that’s trying to position itself as user first isn’t necessarily bad.