# Stract

> Open-source search engine with its own crawler. Customisable ranking, optional Sidekick LLM integration.

**Canonical URL:** https://xmr.club/search/stract
**Category:** search / Independent Index
**Grade (xmr.club rubric):** B
**KYC posture:** anonymous_signup
**Features:** non_custodial, open_source, self_hosted, api_available
**Highlights:** FREE, OPEN-SOURCE, INDEPENDENT
**Fees:** Free · Rust · self-hostable
**Website:** https://stract.com
**Last verified:** 2026-05-13
**Uptime probe:** up (HTTP 200, 1019ms) · checked 2026-05-13T23:04:43.181Z

## Editorial review

Newer entrant building an independent web index in Rust. Self-hostable; allows users to upweight/downweight domains via a `ranks.txt` config. Aims to surface long-tail community content (forums, wikis) Google buried. Smaller index than Brave but more transparent ranking.

## Citation

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