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Kagi (search engine)
Kagi (/ˈkɑː.ɡi/ kah-gee[1]) is a paid ad-free search engine developed by Kagi Inc., a company located in Palo Alto, California.[2] The name means "key" in Japanese. (鍵)[3] FeaturesKagiKagi functions as a metasearch engine to aggregate search results from other established search engines with its own indexes for websites and news.[4] They run their own crawler under the brand name Teclis,[5] although this index is only used for small-web searches.[6] The search engine allows results to be filtered by category with a feature called lenses and allows the user to create their own lenses. Some lenses include filtering to find discussions, podcasts, search directly for PDF files, and filtering to focus content from smaller websites like blogs and forums.[7][8] Websites shown in search results can be upvoted, downvoted, and blocked.[9] Shortcuts called bangs can be created which allow searches to be redirected to different websites.[10] There is also an AI quick response feature that summarizes a search query and gives sources.[8][11] Details about websites can be shown in the search results such as when it was created and how many ads and trackers it has. Kagi allows for customization of the user interface, including a custom CSS editor.[7] Orion BrowserOrion Browser is a browser developed by Kagi Inc. that is based on the WebKit engine and is similar to Safari but with different features, such as supporting WebExtensions. Although they are working on going open source, Orion browser is not fully open source yet.[12] Orion Browser is designed to be used with Kagi but users have the option to use any search engine.[13][14][8] It is only available on macOS and iOS devices, with Kagi Inc. stating a potential Windows version sometime in the future, and is still in beta. Kagi TranslateOn 7 Nov 2024, Kagi Translate was introduced. Its aim is to provide better translation results than Google Translate or DeepL. Kagi Translate is free and can be used without an account.[15] Search results qualityKagi has been critiqued for not providing search results that outperform already established players.[6] Business modelKagi has no ads or sponsored search results, being based on an account-based, subscription service instead.[8][16] [17] Kagi allows users 100 free searches before they must subscribe to one of the monthly subscription plan tiers[18] below:
Kagi had around 20,515 subscribed members as of January 29, 2024, and 347,000 searches were made that day.[11] PrivacyThe site claims not to collect user actions such as searches.[11] See alsoReferences
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