we could call searx[1] a decentralized alternative to google or ddg etcetera. in fact it is an aggregate or meta-search that sends proxy requests to user-selec

we could call searx[1] a decentralized alternative to google or ddg etcetera. in fact it is an aggregate or meta-search that sends proxy requests to user-selected search engines (with defaults varying from instance to instance). a list of instances[2] is available via the source git repository. i would recommend a few[3] myself. as of yet searx does not do some things we might want done: a) original indexing b) federation between cooperative instances c) offer a spec for archiving data[4] i think we'll get to something like this soon. there are a lot of pieces in play and it falls to all of us - users, hackers, developers - to participate in development, curate adjoining projects, donate time to test & halcyon & on & on. as always, it will be interesting to see what we all come up with. [01.0] https://asciimoo.github.io/searx/ https://asciimoo.github.io/searx/ [01.1] searx is copylefted floss via GNU Affero GPL3 [02.0] https://stats.searx.xyz/ https://stats.searx.xyz/ [03.0] https://search.disroot.org/ https://search.disroot.org/ [03.1] this organization respect's EFF's Do Not Track [03.5] https://searx.prvcy.eu https://searx.prvcy.eu [03.6] a secondary useful for reasons indicated by the URI [04.0] this is where the submitted comes into play. e.g. [04.0] should we develop some sort of open API for domains [04.0] to request archiving? this could take multiple forms [04.0] as a project but as long as it's floss and has RFC...