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Yacy

Peer based, decentralized search engine server.

Self-hosted alternative to

Google Search

Website
https://yacy.net/en/index.html
Source code
https://github.com/yacy/yacy_search_server
GitHub stars
4,092
Repository activity
23 September 2026
Health
Active From the repository record in this build
License
GPL-2.0
Platforms
Java, Docker, K8S
Categories
Search Engines

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