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YaCy vs Mojeek: catalog facts
YaCy	Mojeek
Free Free and open source software.	Free Free to search; an API is also offered.
Web, Self-hosted	Web
Decentralized peer-to-peer web index with no central operator Can run as a private crawler or intranet search portal	Own independent index rather than Google or Bing results No-tracking privacy policy
Pre-compiled packages are not built regularly; compiling from source is recommended Peer-to-peer results are less complete than major web search engines	Smaller index than the major engines, so some queries return fewer results Closed source
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Web application
Open source	Closed source
License: GPL-2.0	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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