
About this episode
Looking for a privacy-preserving and light-weight search tool that you can self-host? This episode, we’re sitting down with Ben Busby to chat about his project, Whoogle search.
More about Ben Busby:
- Ben’s guest profile – https://optoutpod.com/guests/ben-busby/
More about Whoogle:
- Github – https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search
- Installing Whoogle – https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search#install
- My Whoogle instance – https://search.sethforprivacy.com/
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