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Search and Discovery gathers the tools people use to find things online. Dataset and data search covers portals that index public data, statistics, and open government records. Academic and research search looks through papers, citations, and scholarly archives, while general search engines and their tools cover everything from operator guides to alternative engines. Metasearch services query several engines at once, and image search, media search, and curated web directories fill in the specialised cases. News search, file and open directory search, and product and shopping search cover narrower needs. Topic names describe what each service searches, so you can tell a citation index from a general web engine before you open it. Some entries are experiments rather than finished products, so expect a mixed level of polish.
monocles.de is a search engine powered by the searx platform, offering features including store, mail, social chat, and translator functionality, with support for dark mode viewing. The service is developed by Arne-Brün Vogelsang, with copyright spanning 2020 to 2026, and runs on searx version 1.0.1.dev3+gfdb1f9be.d20220222.
Mwmbl is a completely independent, open source, non-profit search engine. It provides a Seed Search feature that allows logged-in users to help build its index using high-quality results from EUSP and ranking from Typesafe AI.
Search and discovery site for finding web pages, links, and online resources by topic.
Investigative data platform for searching documents, leaks, public records, and entity relationships.
OceanHero is a web search engine or search directory for finding websites, pages, and online information.
Search tool for discovering public GitHub repositories, code, users, and project references.
OpenBuckets is an online platform that enables users to find and secure open buckets in cloud storage systems. The tool supports quick searches for open buckets and targeted file type searches within identified buckets, and is designed for use by security experts, researchers, and individuals seeking to uncover exposed data.
Decentralized search engine that offers private web search and community-driven results.
PUBLC was an AI-powered search engine that rewarded its community through the PUBLX token. A farewell notice states that the project has come to an end and that the team is building a successor called Society AI.
rfc.fyi is a search tool designed for fast searching of the RFC Series. It supports searches by titles, keywords, and full text, includes options to display obsolete and historic RFCs, and allows filtering results by collection, stream, level, or working group.
Search.com operates SearchGPT Plus, a free ChatGPT alternative for writing, learning and productivity. It offers GPT search with instant results, plus a voice mode that replicates natural conversational tone and pace. Free guest usage is subject to message limits, requiring account creation to continue, and chat content may be retained for up to 7 days for security purposes.
search.fuckoffgoogle.net is an instance of SearXNG, a privacy-respecting, open source metasearch engine. The site is branded as FuckOff Google, and is powered by SearXNG version 2026.5.8+d8ab61a9e. It provides links to the SearXNG source code, issue tracker, engine statistics and a list of public SearXNG instances.
SearchEngineReports helps research websites, public data, search results, or online communities.
SearchTempest is a classified ad search engine that lets users search listings across Facebook Marketplace, craigslist, eBay and other platforms. Results can be filtered by U.S. state, driving distance, or users may search all available listings at once. The site is not affiliated with Facebook or craigslist, and has operated from 2006 through 2026. It stores user IP addresses, browser type, page view data and entered search filters for site administration, analytics and partner advertising use.
SearchTweaks is a website offering tools to improve web search experiences, specifically enhancing Google search functionality. Its tools are organized into four categories: Query Builders, News-Related Search, Time-Related Search and Search Utilities. Some tools simplify existing Google features, while others add new search capabilities. The site requires JavaScript to function, is designed for desktop use, and does not rely on the Google API or web scraping. It uses Simple Analytics for privacy-focused usage tracking.
Open source metasearch engine that pulls results from multiple providers with privacy-focused options.
searx.party, branded as Searx Party, is an instance of SearXNG, a privacy-respecting, open source metasearch engine. Powered by SearXNG version 2026.9.25+12f8b6515, the site provides links to the SearXNG source code, issue tracker, engine statistics, a list of public instances, a privacy policy and contact information for the instance maintainer. It is associated with the Rock Eaters Network.
searx.space is a directory of online and offline SearXNG instances. The site lists 70 currently online SearXNG instances, and tracks instance status including offline, connection timed out, HTTP client and server errors. For each listed instance, it displays details such as URL, software version, TLS configuration, security scores, certificate information, IPv6 support, country, associated network, search response times and uptime. Users can submit requests to add or remove instances via GitHub issues, and can filter out networks with known privacy issues.
Shodan is the world's first search engine for Internet-connected devices. It enables users to discover internet-connected devices from power plants, mobile phones, refrigerators and Minecraft servers, monitor network exposure of devices directly accessible from the Internet, use internet intelligence on how products are changing over time, and use our API and Chrome Extension and Firefox Add-on. The platform crawls the entire Internet every week.
SimilarSites is a Chrome Extension that enables people to discover similar and related sites. It enables viewing of monthly visitor, has more than 70K people, and is powered by SimilarWeb SimilarTech. It has Site Removal Request.
SimilarSiteSearch is a website that helps users find similar, related and alternative websites. It aims to generate relevant results, offers browsing of popular tags and topics, allows sorting results by relevancy or popularity, and has results reviewed by an active community.
Website discovery tool for finding similar websites by category, topic, or domain.
Sploitus is a search engine for exploits and hacktools. It collects proof-of-concept code, CVEs, and the products they affect from across the internet in one place. Users can search by CVE identifier, product name, exploit, or security tool.
SpyFu is a competitor keyword research tool for Google Ads PPC and SEO. It allows users to view competitors' PPC and SEO keywords, ad tests, backlink profiles, and includes AI-powered site audits, daily performance tracking and an API.
