lucasm / findto

🔎🌎🦾 Decentralized Web & AI search assistant. Get control over algorithms, privacy and carbon.

Findto

Decentralized Web & AI Search

A better search

Findto is an open source assistant for decentralized Web & AI search.

Findto puts the power of technology back into people's hands. Literally get control over search algorithms. You can quickly search the same term on diverse sources. See also the privacy and carbon levels of selected source.

Why? Because the centralized internet — where our searches are monopolized — is unsustainable. Findto encourages a truly free search experience, where the people democratic choices and the planet needs walks together. A more healthier internet. As the should be.

Discover trends. Find anything on Web & AI. More productive and accessible searches than ever!

🔎 Try it now: https://findto.app

💡 How it works: https://findto.app/about

📦 App stores: Store.app, AlternativeTo, Microsoft Store, App Store, Google Play

Features

• Decentralized Search — Search the same term on diverse sources and categories

• Privacy Level — How my data are handled? View the privacy level of selected source

• Carbon Level — How this impact the planet? View the estimate carbon footprint of selected source

• Trends — Explore trending topics, contents, events, services and places nearby you

• Autosuggest — Get instant suggestions as you type

• Voice Search — Use your voice to search anywhere

• Visual Search — Use images to search on supported sources * In development

• Accessibility — Dark theme, balanced contrast, keyboard navigation and screen readers

• Internationalization — Chose your country for local sources, or use international search

Sources

The search sources available are chosen by the criteria: 1. Service popularity; 2. Service open access; 3. Service legally committed to respect privacy and copyright. For more details, view Wiki.

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Contributions

Before send pull requests, view opened Issues thats need help. Go to board Projects for backlog.

Team

Made in Brazil with love by Lucas Menezes and supported by open source community!

Privacy & Terms

Findto respects users privacy and don't store any searches. Findto also show materials protected by intelectual property (brands of services). Read our Privacy and Terms.

findto's Issues

Add support to carbon footprint API

Copyright

Hi bro, Its not an issue with your code, today I got a notification saying someone forked one of my repo, and i went to the URL. But i couldnt find the forked repo instead i found he is displaying my work as his. And I also found all his repos are copies of someone else . He is using your this work and displaying it as done by him. Im attaching the URL to that repo.

https://github.com/DanielOrtegaDev/SearchEngineApp

Settings are not displayed

Hello, when I open the settings a blank window appears that has no content. I also warn you that the lower buttons do not work as they show an error message.

Feat: Image Search

Add support to Reverse Image Search

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/ai/seeing-ai
https://lens.google.com/intl/pt-BR_br/

Microsoft Academic API end-of-life :(

Replace Academic API on the Findto app, due to the API currently used, Microsoft Academic Services (MAS) is closing its activities on December 31, 2021.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/academic/articles/microsoft-academic-to-expand-horizons-with-community-driven-approach/