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"content": "<p><img src=\"https://lemmy.cafe/pictrs/image/013abf25-7ecf-44a8-99ce-2b1a37bc592d.webp\" alt=\"The mwmbl banner\" /></p>\n<p>Mwmbl is a community-built, non-profit search engine that puts privacy and user control first. It offers a truly different search experience—one where the results are shaped not by corporate interests but by real people.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://lemmy.cafe/pictrs/image/78cd9afa-603f-4f34-abfe-193af7777ee2.webp\" alt=\"Screenshot of the frontpage\" /></p>\n<h3>Key Features:</h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Ad-Free & Privacy-Respecting:</strong> No ads, no tracking, and no commercial interests—just a search engine built with the users in mind.</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>User-Curated Results:</strong> Instead of relying on algorithms, search results are refined and tuned by the community.</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Community-Driven Crawling:</strong> The engine relies on volunteer-run crawlers. Although the index currently holds around 500 million unique URLs, there’s massive potential.</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Ambitious Growth Goals:</strong> mwmbl plans to reach 10 billion unique URLs by the end of 2025 and 100 billion by 2026, at which point it should be a true alternative to commercial search engines.</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Open-Source:</strong> The project is fully open-source, meaning you can contribute to the code and help resolve issues to push the project forward.</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<h3>How to Get Involved:</h3>\n<p>Right now, the search quality is <strong>pretty rough</strong>, but that’s where <strong><em>you</em> can make an impact</strong>:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Contribute to the Index:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Install <a href=\"https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/mwmbl-web-crawler/\" rel=\"nofollow\">the Firefox Extension</a>:</strong> Once installed, it crawls the web on your behalf.</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Run <a href=\"https://github.com/mwmbl/crawler-script\" rel=\"nofollow\">the CLI Script</a>:</strong> An even better option would be to use your spare computing power by running the command line crawler.</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Join the Community:</strong> The main community is <a href=\"https://matrix.to/#/#mwmbl:matrix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">on Matrix</a> for non-development related discussions.</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Code Contributions:</strong> Check out the project on <a href=\"https://codeberg.org/mwmbl/mwmbl/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Codeberg</a>. You can contribute code, report issues, or suggest new features to help make the search results better.</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Financial Contributions:</strong> <a href=\"https://opencollective.com/mwmbl/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Donate some money</a> towards hosting costs and supporting volunteers.</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n",
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"content": "\n\nMwmbl is a community-built, non-profit search engine that puts privacy and user control first. It offers a truly different search experience—one where the results are shaped not by corporate interests but by real people.\n\n\n\n### Key Features:\n- **Ad-Free & Privacy-Respecting:** No ads, no tracking, and no commercial interests—just a search engine built with the users in mind.\n\n- **User-Curated Results:** Instead of relying on algorithms, search results are refined and tuned by the community.\n\n- **Community-Driven Crawling:** The engine relies on volunteer-run crawlers. Although the index currently holds around 500 million unique URLs, there's massive potential.\n\n- **Ambitious Growth Goals:** mwmbl plans to reach 10 billion unique URLs by the end of 2025 and 100 billion by 2026, at which point it should be a true alternative to commercial search engines.\n\n- **Open-Source:** The project is fully open-source, meaning you can contribute to the code and help resolve issues to push the project forward.\n\n\n### How to Get Involved:\nRight now, the search quality is **pretty rough**, but that’s where ***you* can make an impact**:\n\n- **Contribute to the Index:** \n - **Install [the Firefox Extension](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/mwmbl-web-crawler/):** Once installed, it crawls the web on your behalf.\n\n - **Run [the CLI Script](https://github.com/mwmbl/crawler-script):** An even better option would be to use your spare computing power by running the command line crawler.\n\n- **Join the Community:** The main community is [on Matrix](https://matrix.to/#/#mwmbl:matrix.org) for non-development related discussions.\n \n- **Code Contributions:** Check out the project on [Codeberg](https://codeberg.org/mwmbl/mwmbl/). You can contribute code, report issues, or suggest new features to help make the search results better.\n\n- **Financial Contributions:** [Donate some money](https://opencollective.com/mwmbl/) towards hosting costs and supporting volunteers.",
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