About ind-x
ind-x is a decentralized search engine. We crawl the web and publish metadata to the Nostr network instead of storing it in a centralized database. This makes the search index censorship-resistant and accessible to anyone.
How it works
Our crawler runs on Cloudflare Workers and follows these steps:
- Crawl web pages, respecting robots.txt
- Extract metadata: title, description, keywords, Open Graph tags
- Publish metadata as Nostr events to participating relays
- Search queries retrieve results from the Nostr network
Why this approach
Traditional search engines store data in centralized databases controlled by single companies. By publishing to Nostr, the index becomes distributed. Anyone can run a relay, anyone can build search tools on top, and no single entity can censor the data.
Privacy
We only extract metadata from pages, not full content. We respect robots.txt and rate limits. No tracking, no personal data collection.