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Search engine aggregator with a comprehensive plugin/extension system
1.4K starsJun 15, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeTypeScriptSearch
$ npx skills add degoog-org/degoogAlternatives
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Scira
Scira (Formerly MiniPerplx) is a minimalistic AI-powered search engine that helps you find information on the internet and cites it too. Powered by Vercel AI SDK!
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Free and Open Source, Distributed, RESTful Search Engine
77K starsJun 16, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeJavaSearch
$ npx skills add elastic/elasticsearch#3
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$ npx skills add quickwit-oss/tantivy#4
🔎 Open source distributed and RESTful search engine.
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$ npx skills add opensearch-project/OpenSearch#5
Privacy-respecting metasearch engine
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$ npx skills add searx/searx#6
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$ npx skills add qbittorrent/search-plugins#7
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$ npx skills add memfreeme/memfree#8
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$ npx skills add cboxdoerfer/fsearch#9
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$ npx skills add soruly/trace.moe#10
Apache Lucene open-source search software
3.5K starsJun 16, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeJavaSearch
$ npx skills add apache/lucene#11
An open-source AI content search engine designed specifically for content creators. Supports extraction of text, images, and short videos. Allows full local deployment (web app, RAG server, LLM server). Supports multi-modal RAG content Q&A.
624 starsApr 9, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeTypeScriptRAG
$ npx skills add QmiAI/Qmedia#12
An open source, non-profit web search engine
1.8K starsJun 15, 2026 pushrag-knowledgePythonSearch
$ npx skills add mwmbl/mwmbl#13
JVector: the most advanced embedded vector search engine
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$ npx skills add datastax/jvector#14
AI Video Search Engine (RAG)
626 starsMar 3, 2025 pushrag-knowledgeTypeScriptSearch
$ npx skills add yoeven/ai-video-search-engine#15
PISA: Performant Indexes and Search for Academia
1.1K starsMay 6, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeC++Search
$ npx skills add pisa-engine/pisa#16
OpenSource Production ready Customer service with built in Evals and monitoring
1.5K starsJan 12, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeTypeScriptRAG
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When should you switch?
Use an alternative when it has a clearer install path, higher trust score, fresher maintenance, or better platform fit for your current agent stack. Keep Scira if it already passes your workflow test and repository review.
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