Search — independent software & tools

20 independent Search listings the big search engines bury.

• wigolo

  github · Free · by KnockOutEZ

  The go-to web for your agent!

• NAUTILUS

  github · Free · by master5d

  ENERV — a fast metadata facet-system for organizing tech and knowledge roots from the command line.

• @copilotkit/pathfinder

  npm · Free · by GitHub Actions

  The knowledge server for AI agents — index docs, code, Notion, Slack, and Discord into searchable, agent-accessible knowledge via MCP. Supports OpenAI, Ollama, and local transformers.js embeddings.

• exa-mcp-server

  npm · Free · by theishangoswami

  A Model Context Protocol server with Exa for web search and web crawling. Provides real-time web searches with configurable tool selection, allowing users to enable or disable specific search capabilities. Supports customizable result counts, live crawlin

• firecrawl-cli

  npm · Free · by GitHub Actions

  Command-line interface for Firecrawl. Scrape, crawl, and extract data from any website directly from your terminal.

• @lancedb/lancedb

  npm · Free · by GitHub Actions

  LanceDB: A serverless, low-latency vector database for AI applications

• mcp-searxng

  npm · Free · by GitHub Actions

  MCP server for SearXNG integration

• napkin-ai

  npm · Free · by miclivs

  🧻 Knowledge system for agents. Local-first, file-based, progressively disclosed.

• obsidian-hybrid-search

  npm · Free · by flowing-abyss

  [](https://www.npmjs.com/package/obsidian-hybrid-search) [](https://github.com/flowing-a

• pi-vault-mind

  npm · Free · by kylebrodeur

  Passive Obsidian vault extension for pi. Watches @agent markers, dispatches forked subagents (Miner, Broadcaster, Heavy-Lifter), stores in LanceDB with vector + FTS + graph. Multi-agent 'Drop & Forget' workflow for the pi agent ecosystem.

• @swarmvaultai/engine

  npm · Free · by waydelyle

  Core engine for SwarmVault: ingest, compile, query, lint, and provider abstractions.

• @tavily/core

  npm · Free · by yashbtavily

  Official JavaScript library for Tavily.

• @tobilu/qmd

  npm · Free · by GitHub Actions

  Query Markup Documents - On-device hybrid search for markdown files with BM25, vector search, and LLM reranking

• linkynotes.com

  github · Free · by MiguelA27

  📝 Create your own linked notes system. Store, organize, and filter notes with tags using Markdown and HTML. Visit linkynotes.com for more.

• retro-md-notes

  github · Free · by noodlevr123

  This project hosts a collection of .md (Markdown) notes on a static page (index.html) with client-side search and pagination, all styled in a retro green-on-black theme. The site uses a Python script to build a db.json file, which serves as the data source for the front-end.

• LlamaIndex

  middleware · Free · by LlamaIndex

  Data framework for connecting custom data sources to large language models (RAG).

• Meilisearch

  middleware · Free · by Meili

  Fast, typo-tolerant open-source search engine with an easy-to-integrate API.

• @ericthered926/duckduckgo-mcp-server

  npm · Free · by ericthered926

  A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for DuckDuckGo web and news search

• inquirer-checkbox-plus-prompt

  npm · Free · by faressoft

  Checkbox with autocomplete and other additions for Inquirer

• libnpmsearch

  npm · Free · by owlstronaut

  Programmatic API for searching in npm and compatible registries.