FAROO AlternativesWeb Search Engines and other similar apps like FAROO

FAROO is described as 'Combines Real-Time Search & Peer-to-Peer Search. Users build a distributed index & crawler. FAROO uses attention based ranking' and is a web search engine in the file sharing category. There are nine alternatives to FAROO for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Self-Hosted, Linux, F-Droid and Tor apps. The best FAROO alternative is Searx, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like FAROO are YaCy, MetaGer, Baidu and Dogpile.

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  1. Searx icon
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    Searx is a free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from more than 70 search services. Users are neither tracked nor profiled. Additionally, searx can be used over Tor for online anonymity.

    101 Searx alternatives

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  2. YaCy icon
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    YaCy is a free search engine that anyone can use to build a search portal for their intranet or to help search the public internet. When contributing to the world-wide peer network, the scale of YaCy is limited only by the number of users in the world and can index billions of...

    90 YaCy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  3. MetaGer icon
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    MetaGer is an open source metasearch engine focused on protecting users' privacy. Based in Germany, and hosted as a cooperation between the German NGO 'SUMA-EV - Association for Free Access to Knowledge' and the University of Hannover, the system is built on 24...

    89 MetaGer alternatives

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    • Online
    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • Tor
     
  4. Baidu icon
     15 likes

    Baidu is a Chinese search engine for websites, audio files, and images. Baidu offers 57 search and community services including Baidu Baike, an online collaboratively-built encyclopedia, and a searchable keyword-based discussion forum.

    72 Baidu alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. Dogpile icon
     22 likes

    Metasearch engine integrating web, image, and video listings from leading sources, filtering duplicates, supporting privacy, custom filters, and real-time results for comprehensive searching across devices and offering advanced refinements.

    86 Dogpile alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. Ask icon
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    Ask.com (or Ask Jeeves in the United Kingdom) is a search engine that allows users to get answers to questions posed in everyday, natural language, along with traditional keyword searching. Ask.com also includes support for math, dictionary, and conversion questions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. MillionShort icon
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    Million Short is an experimental web search engine (really, more of a discovery engine) that allows you to REMOVE the top million (or top 100k, 10k, 1k, 100) sites from the results set. We thought it might be somewhat interesting to see what we'd find if we just removed an...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. Boondabar is a search engine just like Google or Bing. Except we present results in a more visual way then other search engines. This means you’re able to find content fast, easier and it makes surfing the web much more enjoyable.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. You can simply start a private search engine like a Google or Yahoo does. API integration from Google, Bing and Yahoo will fetch results for the searches. Ads integration service is also made available to ensure that the service earns a profit.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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