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Stract

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Stract is an open source search engine where the user has the ability to see exactly what is going on and customize almost everything about their search results. It's a search engine made for hackers and tinkerers just like ourselves.

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  • FreeOpen Source

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Platforms

  • Online
4.2 / 5 Avg rating (4)
28likes
3comments
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Properties

  1.  Privacy focused
  2.  Lightweight
  3.  Support for Themes

Features

  1.  No registration required
  2.  Dark Mode
  3.  Bangs
  4.  Indexed search
  5.  No Logs
  6.  Ad-free
  7.  No Tracking
  8. Wikipedia icon  Wikipedia integration

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    OpenSourceSoftware added Stract as alternative to Freespoke
    26 days ago
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    K0RR added Stract as alternative to Araa
    29 days ago
  • whitePoppy42 liked Stract
    about 1 month ago
  • thatguyrrb211 added Support for Themes as a feature to Stract
    about 1 month ago
  • thatguyrrb211 liked Stract
    about 1 month ago
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    bobbyhiltz added Stract as alternative to Clew Search
    about 2 months ago
  • FelschR rated Stract  
    2 months ago
  • FelschR, ekroberts73 and KGerring liked Stract
    2 months ago
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Stract information

  • Developed by

    Stract
  • Licensing

    Open Source (AGPL-3.0) and Free product.
  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.2
  • Alternatives

    64 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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GitHub repository

  •  2,282 Stars
  •  56 Forks
  •  42 Open Issues
  •   Updated Mar 24, 2025 
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Our users have written 3 comments and reviews about Stract, and it has gotten 28 likes

Stract was added to AlternativeTo by Ituaf on Dec 5, 2023 and this page was last updated Sep 21, 2024.

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Top Positive Comment
Pýrbor
Apr 23, 2024
4

Unique and original Wikipedia infobox integration, good search results, kinda modern interface, a LOT of themes and also a lot of "Optics", which are like search scopes, for academic websites, to remove copycat websites, to only show websites not on the 10k most famous, and much more. Definitely a hidden gem, and I recommend it.

whitePoppy42
Mar 22, 2025
0

A danish search engine with their own search index. Pt doesn't have an image search. Open source. Privacy focused. This project is supported by the European Commission.

Festo
Oct 25, 2024
0

Interesting project!

What is Stract?

Stract is an open source search engine where the user has the ability to see exactly what is going on and customize almost everything about their search results. It's a search engine made for hackers and tinkerers just like ourselves. No more searches where some of the terms in the query aren't used, and the engine tries to guess what you really meant. You get what you search for.

Features

  • Keyword search that respects your search query.
  • Fully independent search index.
  • Advanced query syntax (site:, intitle: etc.).
  • DDG-style !bang syntax
  • Wikipedia and stackoverflow sidebar
  • De-rank websites with third-party trackers
  • Use optics to almost endlessly customize your search results.
    • Limit your searches to blogs, indieweb, educational content etc.
    • Customize how signals are combined during search for the final search result
  • Prioritize links (centrality) from the sites you trust.
  • Explore the web and find sites similar to the ones you like.
  • And much more!

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