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189 pointsfreshman_dev1mo ago32 comments

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Great to see another IndieWeb project on the HN front page. The more the merrier. At this point, it almost feels like we need a meta-directory to keep track of them all. For others like me who are fond of these projects, here are a few other directories and indices worth checking out:

https://blogroll.org/

https://blogs.hn/ (by @surprisetalk)

https://hnpwd.github.io/ (I am one of the maintainers)

https://indieblog.page/ (by @splitbrain)

https://kagi.com/smallweb/ (by @freediver)

https://marginalia-search.com/ (by @marginalia_nu)

https://minifeed.net/ (by @freetonik)

https://susam.net/wander/ (I developed this)

https://text.blogosphere.app/ (announced by @ramkarthikk on 'Show HN' yesterday)

https://wiby.me/

OisinMoran1mo ago

Oh delightful, thank you for this! I also maintain a somewhat similar meta-list on my site lynkmi: https://lynkmi.com/oisin/lynkmi%2520adjacent

Going to dig into these soon and will post a few!

fafre1mo ago

I recently built a Small Web Discovery feature for the WebLibre Android browser that unifies multiple sources (currently only Wander and Kagi Small Web). The feature is still very alpha, in the upcoming weeks I will look into adding more sources. Documentation here: https://docs.weblibre.eu/weblibre/small-web.html and there are some screenshots in this Wander issue: https://codeberg.org/susam/wander/issues/11

riffraff1mo ago

I'm quite fond of https://ooh.directory/

exiguus1mo ago

Personally, I use https://github.com/kagisearch/smallweb/ to feed my search engine / crawler. It contains 30k + rss/atom feeds of indie web sites. Thx for sharing this and the other directories.

SyneRyder1mo ago

Oh cool, you have your own search engine & crawler? I don't suppose you've written / blogged about it anywhere?

(I have my own search engine too, but still haven't blogged about it. One day.)

freshman_devOP1mo ago

these are awesome. linking to all of them from III. i personally use Gossip's Web a lot (https://gossipsweb.net) to find new cool sites and wanted something similar but searchable. i also felt like i had a really good alliteration i couldnt waste

peterspath1mo ago

Slashpages often have a directory where you can discover new indie websites. Also fun to add those slashpages to your own website.

https://slashpages.net

OuterVale1mo ago

There is also https://personalsit.es which I help maintain.

ramkarthikk1mo ago

Thank you for sharing text.blogosphere. This is a cool list, and I love the wander page you've built.

nidnogg1mo ago

I'm baffled that I only knew wiby.me from this list. Time to dive in!

direwolf201mo ago

We need to figure out how to monetize this trend.

peterspath1mo ago

also https://powrss.com

culi1mo ago

Am I missing something? This doesn't seem to be an "index" at all. The name "index" made me think its trying to accomplish what marginalia is already doing

https://marginalia-search.com/

And stuff like Gossip's Web has been around for a decade now

https://gossipsweb.net/

IndieWeb also has a massive "web ring" that has a similar aim

https://xn--sr8hvo.ws/

cosmicgadget1mo ago

I don't think there is anything wrong with overlapping other projects, particularly when it's about surfacing the personal web.

marginalia_nu1mo ago

Yeah I'd prefer to be seen contributing to an ecosystem[1], rather than sucking all of the air out of web discovery.

[1] Of either collaboration or friendly competition. Keeps everyone involved honest.

freshman_devOP1mo ago

III is basically Gossips Web but searchable. users submit sites with descriptions used for semantic search

not a crawl-based index

rednafi1mo ago

It's super satisfying to search for my own blog on an indie aggregator and finding it there already.

lucb1e1mo ago

I can't seem to find the rules. How do I know if my site is in scope here? It it like Kagi's small web that's only for blogs, or does it need to be run by a <10-person company, or like what means "indie" here?

Viewing the submit page requires an email address and bugmenot@bugmenot.com does not work

freshman_devOP1mo ago

right now there are no rules, and im hoping i dont need to make any. only requirement to submit is email address validation

cosmicgadget1mo ago

> Main Street Wealth helps to sell and buy Home Services businesses.

I like the site though.

harmonyinfotech1mo ago

Looks nice. Will be adding crawls.in (Domains homepage screenshots)

there_is_try1mo ago

This reminds me of sacredmtn.com, I miss that site. Does anyone here know the creators of that site and what they might be doing now ?

jl61mo ago

Is this being attacked by people pushing their commercial sites into it, or are those ads?

freshman_devOP1mo ago

not ads. submissions are open and good faith. im trying not to police other than rating exceedingly promotional commercial things 1 star

aavci1mo ago

How do you populate this index?

freshman_devOP1mo ago

entirely user submissions. think https://gossipsweb.net but with semantic search on user descriptions. fairly low key

mskogly1mo ago

I use Newsify for rss. Any neat trick to add these as feeds?

zx80801mo ago

Is it an index of nice sites for someone's LLM training set?

Cider99861mo ago

Ah yes, the indie internet index, which does not load without javascript and has no source code linked.

freshman_devOP1mo ago

i think you were looking for the Old & Obsolete Online Ossuary - indie sites are allowed to use react and be closed source

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susam1mo ago

https://blogroll.org/

https://blogs.hn/ (by @surprisetalk)

https://hnpwd.github.io/ (I am one of the maintainers)

https://indieblog.page/ (by @splitbrain)

https://kagi.com/smallweb/ (by @freediver)

https://marginalia-search.com/ (by @marginalia_nu)

https://minifeed.net/ (by @freetonik)

https://susam.net/wander/ (I developed this)

https://text.blogosphere.app/ (announced by @ramkarthikk on 'Show HN' yesterday)

https://wiby.me/

OisinMoran1mo ago

Oh delightful, thank you for this! I also maintain a somewhat similar meta-list on my site lynkmi: https://lynkmi.com/oisin/lynkmi%2520adjacent

Going to dig into these soon and will post a few!

fafre1mo ago

riffraff1mo ago

I'm quite fond of https://ooh.directory/

exiguus1mo ago

Personally, I use https://github.com/kagisearch/smallweb/ to feed my search engine / crawler. It contains 30k + rss/atom feeds of indie web sites. Thx for sharing this and the other directories.

SyneRyder1mo ago

Oh cool, you have your own search engine & crawler? I don't suppose you've written / blogged about it anywhere?

(I have my own search engine too, but still haven't blogged about it. One day.)

freshman_devOP1mo ago

peterspath1mo ago

Slashpages often have a directory where you can discover new indie websites. Also fun to add those slashpages to your own website.

https://slashpages.net

OuterVale1mo ago

There is also https://personalsit.es which I help maintain.

ramkarthikk1mo ago

Thank you for sharing text.blogosphere. This is a cool list, and I love the wander page you've built.

nidnogg1mo ago

I'm baffled that I only knew wiby.me from this list. Time to dive in!

direwolf201mo ago

We need to figure out how to monetize this trend.

peterspath1mo ago

also https://powrss.com

culi1mo ago

Am I missing something? This doesn't seem to be an "index" at all. The name "index" made me think its trying to accomplish what marginalia is already doing

https://marginalia-search.com/

And stuff like Gossip's Web has been around for a decade now

https://gossipsweb.net/

IndieWeb also has a massive "web ring" that has a similar aim

https://xn--sr8hvo.ws/

cosmicgadget1mo ago

I don't think there is anything wrong with overlapping other projects, particularly when it's about surfacing the personal web.

marginalia_nu1mo ago

Yeah I'd prefer to be seen contributing to an ecosystem[1], rather than sucking all of the air out of web discovery.

[1] Of either collaboration or friendly competition. Keeps everyone involved honest.

freshman_devOP1mo ago

III is basically Gossips Web but searchable. users submit sites with descriptions used for semantic search

not a crawl-based index

rednafi1mo ago

It's super satisfying to search for my own blog on an indie aggregator and finding it there already.

lucb1e1mo ago

Viewing the submit page requires an email address and bugmenot@bugmenot.com does not work

freshman_devOP1mo ago

right now there are no rules, and im hoping i dont need to make any. only requirement to submit is email address validation

cosmicgadget1mo ago

> Main Street Wealth helps to sell and buy Home Services businesses.

I like the site though.

harmonyinfotech1mo ago

Looks nice. Will be adding crawls.in (Domains homepage screenshots)

there_is_try1mo ago

This reminds me of sacredmtn.com, I miss that site. Does anyone here know the creators of that site and what they might be doing now ?

jl61mo ago

Is this being attacked by people pushing their commercial sites into it, or are those ads?

freshman_devOP1mo ago

not ads. submissions are open and good faith. im trying not to police other than rating exceedingly promotional commercial things 1 star

aavci1mo ago

How do you populate this index?

freshman_devOP1mo ago

entirely user submissions. think https://gossipsweb.net but with semantic search on user descriptions. fairly low key

mskogly1mo ago

I use Newsify for rss. Any neat trick to add these as feeds?

zx80801mo ago

Is it an index of nice sites for someone's LLM training set?

Cider99861mo ago

Ah yes, the indie internet index, which does not load without javascript and has no source code linked.

freshman_devOP1mo ago

i think you were looking for the Old & Obsolete Online Ossuary - indie sites are allowed to use react and be closed source

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse