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YaCy is an open source community based search engine written in Java with no central server indexing the results, search queries are produced using a worldwide peer to peer computer network, in the same way that torrent downloads work, the quantity and quality of the results will depend on the number of peers connected at the time, on top of the search results YaCy lets you know how many peers are providing them, it can be used to search text or images. Unlike Google or Bing, where the company managing the search results is open to subpoenas and censoring links (e.g. DMCA complaint, offensive images, etc), YaCy results can not be censored as no single central authority is responsible for them and there are thousands of servers (personal computers) in multiple countries providing results, with some seed list servers including accurate p2p node information to be found in the source code.

You will need to download YaCy software to your computer to use it, during installation Windows default firewall will be configured to allow YaCy queries pass through, if you are using a different firewall you will have to set it up manually to allow YaCy to connect to the Internet. The search engine will be accessed in your browser clicking on YaCy’s logo or visiting http://localhost:8090 (default port can be changed), YaCy can be set up to crawl an specific website or FTP server creating your own search index, the crawling can be scheduled to as often as you like or limited to a single time to save computer resources.

Read more on hacker10.com | Online demonstration of YaCy  | Project Home Page and Software Download: yacy.net

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