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The Indie Internet Index – submit your favorite sites

189 points by freshman_dev 6mo ago

chainmail_gl 6mo ago
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MORPHOICES 6mo ago
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culi 6mo ago
Am I missing something? This doesn't seem to be an "index" at all. The name "index" made me think its trying to accomplish what marginalia is already doing https://marginalia-search.com/ https://marginalia-search.com/ And stuff like Gossip's Web has been around for a decade now https://gossipsweb.net/ https://gossipsweb.net/ IndieWeb also has a massive "web ring" that has a similar aim https://xn--sr8hvo.ws/ https://xn--sr8hvo.ws/
- freshman_dev 6mo ago
  III is basically Gossips Web but searchable. users submit sites with descriptions used for semantic search not a crawl-based index
- cosmicgadget 6mo ago
  I don't think there is anything wrong with overlapping other projects, particularly when it's about surfacing the personal web.
  - marginalia_nu 6mo ago
    Yeah I'd prefer to be seen contributing to an ecosystem[1], rather than sucking all of the air out of web discovery. [1] Of either collaboration or friendly competition. Keeps everyone involved honest.
harmonyinfotech 6mo ago
Looks nice. Will be adding crawls.in (Domains homepage screenshots)
cosmicgadget 6mo ago
> Main Street Wealth helps to sell and buy Home Services businesses. I like the site though.
nsjskdkdkdk 6mo ago
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- paulpauper 6mo ago
  the AI bots are not even trying now lol
  - deleted 6mo ago
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susam 6mo ago
Great to see another IndieWeb project on the HN front page. The more the merrier. At this point, it almost feels like we need a meta-directory to keep track of them all. For others like me who are fond of these projects, here are a few other directories and indices worth checking out: https://blogroll.org/ https://blogroll.org/ https://blogs.hn/ https://blogs.hn/ (by @surprisetalk) https://hnpwd.github.io/ https://hnpwd.github.io/ (I am one of the maintainers) https://indieblog.page/ https://indieblog.page/ (by @splitbrain) https://kagi.com/smallweb/ https://kagi.com/smallweb/ (by @freediver) https://marginalia-search.com/ https://marginalia-search.com/ (by @marginalia_nu) https://minifeed.net/ https://minifeed.net/ (by @freetonik) https://susam.net/wander/ https://susam.net/wander/ (I developed this) https://text.blogosphere.app/ https://text.blogosphere.app/ (announced by @ramkarthikk on 'Show HN' yesterday) https://wiby.me/ https://wiby.me/
- freshman_dev 6mo ago
  these are awesome. linking to all of them from III. i personally use Gossip's Web a lot (https://gossipsweb.net https://gossipsweb.net) to find new cool sites and wanted something similar but searchable. i also felt like i had a really good alliteration i couldnt waste
- riffraff 6mo ago
  I'm quite fond of https://ooh.directory/ https://ooh.directory/
- OuterVale 6mo ago
  There is also https://personalsit.es https://personalsit.es which I help maintain.
- exiguus 6mo ago
  Personally, I use https://github.com/kagisearch/smallweb/ https://github.com/kagisearch/smallweb/ to feed my search engine / crawler. It contains 30k + rss/atom feeds of indie web sites. Thx for sharing this and the other directories.
  - SyneRyder 6mo ago
aavci 6mo ago
How do you populate this index?
- freshman_dev 6mo ago
  entirely user submissions. think https://gossipsweb.net https://gossipsweb.net but with semantic search on user descriptions. fairly low key
lucb1e 6mo ago
I can't seem to find the rules. How do I know if my site is in scope here? It it like Kagi's small web that's only for blogs, or does it need to be run by a <10-person company, or like what means "indie" here? Viewing the submit page requires an email address and bugmenot@bugmenot.com does not work
- freshman_dev 6mo ago
  right now there are no rules, and im hoping i dont need to make any. only requirement to submit is email address validation
Cider9986 6mo ago
Ah yes, the indie internet index, which does not load without javascript and has no source code linked.
- freshman_dev 6mo ago
  i think you were looking for the Old & Obsolete Online Ossuary - indie sites are allowed to use react and be closed source
zx8080 6mo ago
Is it an index of nice sites for someone's LLM training set?
oortcrate_1 6mo ago
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jl6 6mo ago
Is this being attacked by people pushing their commercial sites into it, or are those ads?
- freshman_dev 6mo ago
  not ads. submissions are open and good faith. im trying not to police other than rating exceedingly promotional commercial things 1 star
rednafi 6mo ago
It's super satisfying to search for my own blog on an indie aggregator and finding it there already.
strado 6mo ago
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there_is_try 6mo ago
This reminds me of sacredmtn.com, I miss that site. Does anyone here know the creators of that site and what they might be doing now ?
edinetdb 6mo ago
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scrpgil 6mo ago
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mskogly 6mo ago
I use Newsify for rss. Any neat trick to add these as feeds?

189 points by freshman_dev 6mo ago

chainmail_gl 6mo ago

[flagged]

MORPHOICES 6mo ago

[dead]

culi 6mo ago

Am I missing something? This doesn't seem to be an "index" at all. The name "index" made me think its trying to accomplish what marginalia is already doing https://marginalia-search.com/ https://marginalia-search.com/ And stuff like Gossip's Web has been around for a decade now https://gossipsweb.net/ https://gossipsweb.net/ IndieWeb also has a massive "web ring" that has a similar aim https://xn--sr8hvo.ws/ https://xn--sr8hvo.ws/

freshman_dev 6mo ago
III is basically Gossips Web but searchable. users submit sites with descriptions used for semantic search not a crawl-based index
cosmicgadget 6mo ago
I don't think there is anything wrong with overlapping other projects, particularly when it's about surfacing the personal web.
- marginalia_nu 6mo ago
  Yeah I'd prefer to be seen contributing to an ecosystem[1], rather than sucking all of the air out of web discovery. [1] Of either collaboration or friendly competition. Keeps everyone involved honest.

harmonyinfotech 6mo ago

Looks nice. Will be adding crawls.in (Domains homepage screenshots)

cosmicgadget 6mo ago

> Main Street Wealth helps to sell and buy Home Services businesses. I like the site though.

nsjskdkdkdk 6mo ago

[flagged]

paulpauper 6mo ago
the AI bots are not even trying now lol
- deleted 6mo ago
  [deleted]

susam 6mo ago

Great to see another IndieWeb project on the HN front page. The more the merrier. At this point, it almost feels like we need a meta-directory to keep track of them all. For others like me who are fond of these projects, here are a few other directories and indices worth checking out: https://blogroll.org/ https://blogroll.org/ https://blogs.hn/ https://blogs.hn/ (by @surprisetalk) https://hnpwd.github.io/ https://hnpwd.github.io/ (I am one of the maintainers) https://indieblog.page/ https://indieblog.page/ (by @splitbrain) https://kagi.com/smallweb/ https://kagi.com/smallweb/ (by @freediver) https://marginalia-search.com/ https://marginalia-search.com/ (by @marginalia_nu) https://minifeed.net/ https://minifeed.net/ (by @freetonik) https://susam.net/wander/ https://susam.net/wander/ (I developed this) https://text.blogosphere.app/ https://text.blogosphere.app/ (announced by @ramkarthikk on 'Show HN' yesterday) https://wiby.me/ https://wiby.me/

freshman_dev 6mo ago
these are awesome. linking to all of them from III. i personally use Gossip's Web a lot (https://gossipsweb.net https://gossipsweb.net) to find new cool sites and wanted something similar but searchable. i also felt like i had a really good alliteration i couldnt waste
riffraff 6mo ago
I'm quite fond of https://ooh.directory/ https://ooh.directory/
OuterVale 6mo ago
There is also https://personalsit.es https://personalsit.es which I help maintain.
exiguus 6mo ago
Personally, I use https://github.com/kagisearch/smallweb/ https://github.com/kagisearch/smallweb/ to feed my search engine / crawler. It contains 30k + rss/atom feeds of indie web sites. Thx for sharing this and the other directories.
- SyneRyder 6mo ago

aavci 6mo ago

How do you populate this index?

freshman_dev 6mo ago
entirely user submissions. think https://gossipsweb.net https://gossipsweb.net but with semantic search on user descriptions. fairly low key

lucb1e 6mo ago

I can't seem to find the rules. How do I know if my site is in scope here? It it like Kagi's small web that's only for blogs, or does it need to be run by a <10-person company, or like what means "indie" here? Viewing the submit page requires an email address and bugmenot@bugmenot.com does not work

freshman_dev 6mo ago
right now there are no rules, and im hoping i dont need to make any. only requirement to submit is email address validation

Cider9986 6mo ago

Ah yes, the indie internet index, which does not load without javascript and has no source code linked.

freshman_dev 6mo ago
i think you were looking for the Old & Obsolete Online Ossuary - indie sites are allowed to use react and be closed source

zx8080 6mo ago

Is it an index of nice sites for someone's LLM training set?

oortcrate_1 6mo ago

[dead]

jl6 6mo ago

Is this being attacked by people pushing their commercial sites into it, or are those ads?

freshman_dev 6mo ago
not ads. submissions are open and good faith. im trying not to police other than rating exceedingly promotional commercial things 1 star

rednafi 6mo ago

It's super satisfying to search for my own blog on an indie aggregator and finding it there already.

strado 6mo ago

[dead]

there_is_try 6mo ago

This reminds me of sacredmtn.com, I miss that site. Does anyone here know the creators of that site and what they might be doing now ?

edinetdb 6mo ago

[flagged]

scrpgil 6mo ago

[flagged]

mskogly 6mo ago

I use Newsify for rss. Any neat trick to add these as feeds?