PeARS
Lightweight distributed web search you can host yourself
PeARS is a lightweight, distributed web search engine designed to run on modest hardware. It lets communities index and share parts of the web without a central server.
Key features
- Runs on low-power hardware
- Community-shared indexes
- Decentralized search
- Privacy preserving
Pros & cons
Strengths
- Very lightweight
- Community oriented
Trade-offs
- Small project and index
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