Marginalia Search

Self-hostable internet search engine that indexes the small, old and non-commercial web instead of ranking the biggest sites.

Open source alternative to:

Google Search

Version history

1 release· tracked since November 13, 2026

v24.10.0
First tracked version
Detected on November 13, 2026

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OpenAltFinder Score

69/100

Project Health (50%)

62/100

License (20%)

40/100

Self-hostable (20%)

100/100

Recency (10%)

100/100

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Project Details

Platforms

Web

License

AGPL-3.0

Self hostable

Yes

Repository details

Version

v24.10.0

Created

3/20/2023

Stars

2,239

Forks

Open issues

Last commit

11/12/2026

Updated 11/13/2026, 8:00:56 AM

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