u/PeaceThrough

Hey everyone,I wanted to share a personal project I actually built the core of back in high school. I didn't have the money to host it publicly at the time, so I just ended up using it myself as my daily driver for the last two years. After testing it daily and refining the code, I finally got it online and want to share it with anyone looking for a clean, private alternative to mainstream engines. It features a dual-mode search architecture, an advanced proxy routing layout, a strict no-logging policy, and a system that requires zero user accounts to function across mobile, laptop, and tablet viewports. To maximize efficiency, it uses a pure algorithm mode optimized to be fast, alongside a machine learning mode that surfaces much higher accuracy.

The entire engine is built on an open-source algorithm, meaning the logic is completely public for anyone to audit or check the security. It also has built-in workflows to actively filter out low-quality SEO-farm websites from the top page so you get clean, reliable results. They also keep the platform human by dropping custom interactive UI themes during major events—the attached image and video demo shows off their live firework theme.

Here is the link to check it out:https://aoogle-production.up.railway.app/The source code repository is listed on the site if you want to dig into the routing logic or the privacy design!

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Hey everyone,

Like a lot of you, I’ve been feeling pretty frustrated with how modern search engines look lately, where you have to scroll through five ads and a massive paragraph of AI-generated text just to find a simple link. So, I decided to see if I could build a better alternative myself called Arlong (https://aoogle-production.up.railway.app/), an open-source, privacy-first search engine built on a lightweight, ML-based algorithm that requires zero heavy setup. We aren't based in the US, but we see the internet community as a big global family, so today we rolled out a live interactive 4th of July theme with custom fireworks to celebrate together

Because I spent a ton of time optimizing the architecture, it is stupidly cheap to run; it currently handles about 9,000 searches a day on Railway hosting while costing me a microscopic 0.5 to 0.9 cents a day. There are absolutely no ads, no AI-generated bloat, no accounts required, and we back everything with an advanced proxy infrastructure and a strict no-logging policy that anyone can security-audit since the code is completely public. We also have moderators actively working to filter out low-quality SEO-farm websites from the first page so you actually get accurate top results on mobile, laptops, or tablets. Just like the old days of the internet, we love keeping things human by doing custom doodles, theme changes, and little interactive games during big festivals. It’s a true labor of love that I'm updating daily, so I’d love for you guys to completely break it, roast the interface, and tell me if the results actually feel better than what you're using right now.

We also provide free tokenless API for free.

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Hi everyone,

I wanted to share an open-source project I’ve been developing over the last two years. It is a minimalist, ad-free meta-search engine designed to give clean, unbiased results without standard tracking or algorithmic clutter. The project was initially started under the working name Aoogle, but I am transitioning the repository and branding over to its permanent home: Arlong Search Engine. The source code is completely public, and I currently have a temporary staging build running on Railway for public testing while the permanent domain migration takes place.

You can check out the source code at github.com/Ahilan-1/aoogle and try the live testing deployment at aoogle-production.up.railway.app.

Instead of just proxying other search indexes directly, the architecture applies custom ranking weight to surface high-utility links based on raw data rather than commercial SEO optimization. The engine is designed to aggressively strip out tracking cookies, ad network scripts, and scraping metrics entirely before rendering the results on your screen. I have also built fully functional Chrome and Firefox extensions so you can set it as a default search option immediately, with a mobile app and native desktop client actively under development. Because the codebase is distributed under the Apache License 2.0, it is 100% self-hostable, meaning anyone can clone the repository, audit the network handling, and run a private instance locally or on a personal VPS without relying on my live server.

I am primarily looking to get some technical feedback from the community regarding the network performance, python architecture, and algorithm parsing weight. Please check out the repository, run a few test queries on the live staging link, and let me know your thoughts or areas for optimization.

https://preview.redd.it/8rj421mjmmah1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=e56ab9c25b8cb6f9e367a4faa2d1b44f9c22f497

Quick Technical Overview :

• Current Engine Model: This is a meta-search engine. It utilizes the DDGS API to actively fetch data across 10 different endpoints simultaneously.
• Failover Design: If an API endpoint rate-limits or acts up, the engine has a built-in DDG HTML parsing layout running as a robust fallback mechanism to ensure zero downtime.
• Image Infrastructure: We currently route requests to Bing for image results, but this is temporary. It is actively being refactored and will be fully replaced by the DDGS API directly in the very next deployment.
• Current Performance Baseline: Based on our internal test suites evaluating query intent against raw indexing output, the system is maintaining an 85% accuracy and relevance score (91% in certain cases) across standard search categories.

For more detailed report please use : https://aoogle-production.up.railway.app/blog

Hi everyone,

I wanted to share an open-source project I’ve been developing over the last two years. It is a minimalist, ad-free meta-search engine designed to give clean, unbiased results without standard tracking or algorithmic clutter. The project was initially started under the working name Aoogle, but I am transitioning the repository and branding over to its permanent home: Arlong Search Engine. The source code is completely public, and I currently have a temporary staging build running on Railway for public testing while the permanent domain migration takes place.

You can check out the source code at github.com/Ahilan-1/aoogle and try the live testing deployment at aoogle-production.up.railway.app.

Instead of just proxying other search indexes directly, the architecture applies custom ranking weight to surface high-utility links based on raw data rather than commercial SEO optimization. The engine is designed to aggressively strip out tracking cookies, ad network scripts, and scraping metrics entirely before rendering the results on your screen. I have also built fully functional Chrome and Firefox extensions so you can set it as a default search option immediately, with a mobile app and native desktop client actively under development. Because the codebase is distributed under the Apache License 2.0, it is 100% self-hostable, meaning anyone can clone the repository, audit the network handling, and run a private instance locally or on a personal VPS without relying on my live server.

I am primarily looking to get some technical feedback from the community regarding the network performance, python architecture, and algorithm parsing weight. Please check out the repository, run a few test queries on the live staging link, and let me know your thoughts or areas for optimization.

https://preview.redd.it/dxbj284wbmah1.png?width=1254&format=png&auto=webp&s=da8219a71b991ba19129fc166bb5e75b8fb62121

The Problem: Up until now, the working project name was Aoogle (short for anti-Google). I was planning to launch it on a public domain, but after looking into trademark risks and domain policies, using a name that is "confusingly similar" to a tech giant is just begging for an automatic takedown notice.

So, I need a completely fresh, unique name before I take the project public.

What I'm looking for:

• Short & Punchy: Ideally 1 or 2 syllables. Think of names like Bing, Kagi, or Brave.
• Style: I really like short, brandable pseudowords (abstract, made-up words) or clean-sounding roots.
• The Vibe: Minimalist, fast, direct, and raw. No corporate fluff.
• Domain Availability: It needs to look clean as a URL (like a short .in, .org, or .com extension).

For context, one name I have floating around as a backup is Suffy, but I'd love to see what creative ideas this community can come up with.

What should I name this? Thanks in advance for any ideas!

Hey everyone,

I need to vent a bit. I feel like this sub is the only place that will actually get where I'm coming from.

Lately I keep seeing everyone talking about moving to paid, subscription search engines. People are genuinely justifying paying 10 bucks a month just to get clean search results. Honestly, I think that's a bad road to go down. Information and searching the web should be free. We shouldn't have to choose between letting a massive corporation track our souls for ads, or paying a monthly fee just to look up a programming error or a recipe.

So for the past two years, I've been working on my own search engine to fix this.

I call it Aoogle. Short for anti Google.

I got tired of what the internet became. Google is just endless sponsored links, SEO spam, and those forced AI summaries that give you wrong answers anyway. I wanted something that felt like the old internet. Back when search engines just gave you links.

I developed this from scratch. It's fully lightweight and has its own ranking algorithm. The UI looks exactly like old school Google. There are no ads, and there is absolutely no AI summary stuff.

The code is 100% open source under the Apache 2.0 license. If you want, you can host the whole thing yourself on your own setup so you don't have to trust my servers.

I also know that completely switching search engines cold turkey is annoying.

So I built a sidebar extension for it too. It works on the major browsers. When you search for something on your regular browser, Aoogle pops up in a side panel next to your results. It lets you see clean links side by side without the mainstream junk blocking your view.

I attached some images and videos to this post so you can see the UI and how the sidebar actually functions.

I've been using this as my main daily driver for a while now and it changed how I use the web. I'm just one developer working on this, so I would love to get your honest feedback. I'll drop the links to the GitHub repository, my full architectural blog breakdown, and the temporary live web demo in the comments below so you guys can check it out.

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Does REC have incubation center? And funds startup or smth?

Because many college have these facilities.

Hi, I'm a fresher joining REC this year in ECE. I want to know how you guys use laptops in the classroom, when I can use mine, and any other details to help me prepare.

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