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Mojeek vs Marginalia Search: catalog facts
Mojeek	Marginalia Search
Free Free to search; an API is also offered.	Free Free to use, with the index and crawler source published under the AGPL.
Web	Web
Own independent index rather than Google or Bing results No-tracking privacy policy	Surfaces small, non-commercial and text-heavy websites Discovery tools for browsing beyond direct queries
Smaller index than the major engines, so some queries return fewer results Closed source	Deliberately narrow index, not a replacement for a general search engine Small independent project with limited resources
Web application	Web application
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: AGPL-3.0
No account needed	No account needed
Needs internet	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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