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Marginalia Search vs Wiby: catalog facts
Marginalia Search	Wiby
Free Free to use, with the index and crawler source published under the AGPL.	Free Free to use and supported by donations.
Web	Web
Surfaces small, non-commercial and text-heavy websites Discovery tools for browsing beyond direct queries	Surfaces small, personal and old-style websites Random page discovery with "surprise me"
Deliberately narrow index, not a replacement for a general search engine Small independent project with limited resources	Small index, not a general web search replacement Results lean toward simple hobbyist pages
Web application	Web application
Open source	Closed source
License: AGPL-3.0	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Needs internet	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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