jarmitage@piefed.social to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoKagi now has a Fediverse Forums search togglemedia.piefed.socialimagemessage-square155linkfedilinkarrow-up1825arrow-down113
arrow-up1812arrow-down1imageKagi now has a Fediverse Forums search togglemedia.piefed.socialjarmitage@piefed.social to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square155linkfedilink
minus-squareMwa@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·3 days agoyou can also find something similar in SearXNG
minus-squareKangae_Hishiryo@scribe.disroot.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·3 days agoYeah, and that one is FLOSS (Free [as in Free Beer], Libre (as in Free Speech/Freedom] and Open Source Software). So SearXNG >>>>> Kagi.
minus-squareKangae_Hishiryo@scribe.disroot.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoYeah, at least for me
minus-squareTragicNotCute@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agoNo. I tested a lot of different search engines when I was leaving Google and Kagi was the best by quite a bit. The customization features easily push it over the edge.
minus-squareLudicrous0251@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agoExcept it still relies on closed source indexes to do anything useful, and they are actively trying to block scrapers.
you can also find something similar in SearXNG
Yeah, and that one is FLOSS (Free [as in Free Beer], Libre (as in Free Speech/Freedom] and Open Source Software). So SearXNG >>>>> Kagi.
But are the results better?
Yeah, at least for me
No.
I tested a lot of different search engines when I was leaving Google and Kagi was the best by quite a bit. The customization features easily push it over the edge.
Except it still relies on closed source indexes to do anything useful, and they are actively trying to block scrapers.