jarmitage@piefed.social to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoKagi now has a Fediverse Forums search togglemedia.piefed.socialimagemessage-square152linkfedilinkarrow-up1822arrow-down112
arrow-up1810arrow-down1imageKagi now has a Fediverse Forums search togglemedia.piefed.socialjarmitage@piefed.social to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square152linkfedilink
minus-squareKangae_Hishiryo@scribe.disroot.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·2 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-up2·1 day agoYeah, at least for me
minus-squareTragicNotCute@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 day 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-down1·1 day agoExcept it still relies on closed source indexes to do anything useful, and they are actively trying to block scrapers.
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.