Froogle

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Froogle

Fast ad-free search

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    About Froogle

    Froogle is a fast ad-free search engine. It's like search from 2005.

    • Ad-free: no ads, ever.
    • Simple: no AI, no personalization. It's a list of web links.
    • Private: pretty good privacy compared to major search engines. We don't track anything, although our search API provider may. See below for details.
    • Fast: nearly instant results.

    Powered by Keenable

    Froogle is powered by the Keenable, a web search infrastructure provider. We may add other search API providers in the future.

    Froogle is not associated with Keenable.

    Privacy

    Our search is powered by the Keenable API. Keenable will see all search queries and may track your requests. See their privacy policy for details about how they handle your data.

    On the Froogle side we don't log or track anything. There are two modes with different privacy tradeoffs you can choose from:

    • Proxied mode (default): queries are proxied through Froogle's servers to the Keenable API. Nothing is logged or tracked by Froogle servers. Keenable may still log and track queries, but we don't pass them any personal identifier or your IP; your traffic is mixed with other Froogle users. This mode may hit rate limits. Zero setup.
    • Direct mode: you can enter a Keenable API key, which is saved to your browser's local storage. All requests go directly from your browser to Keenable; Froogle never sees your queries. You'll need to create an account with Keenable to set up this mode. Keenable will be able to identify you via the unique API key.

    You can change your mode in settings.

    Self hosting & Open Source

    Froogle is open source. You can read the code, download it and self host. It can be as simple as saving index.html. See Froogle on GitHub.

    Settings

    Search mode

    Search mode

    Queries are proxied through Froogle's servers to the Keenable API. Nothing is logged or tracked by Froogle servers. Keenable may still log and track, but we don't pass them any personal identifier or your IP, so your traffic is mixed with other Froogle users. This mode may hit rate limits. Zero setup.

    All requests go directly from your browser to Keenable, using the API key below; Froogle never sees your queries. You'll need to create a free account with Keenable and set this mode up. Keenable will be able to identify you via this unique API key.