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HisterYaCy
Free

Free and open source under AGPL-3.0.

 Free

Free and open source software.

Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Self-hosted, Browser extension, Command line Web, Self-hosted
  • Indexes full page content, not just titles and URLs
  • Imports history, bookmarks and local files
  • Decentralized peer-to-peer web index with no central operator
  • Can run as a private crawler or intranet search portal
  • Server must be running to index and search
  • Only finds what you have visited or imported
  • Pre-compiled packages are not built regularly; compiling from source is recommended
  • Peer-to-peer results are less complete than major web search engines
Downloadable app, Self-hosted, Browser extension Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License: AGPL-3.0 License: GPL-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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