YaCy
Sign in to saveYaCy (pronounced “ya see”) is a free distributed search engine built on the principles of peer-to-peer (P2P) networks, created by Michael Christen in 2003. The engine is written in Java and distributed on several hundred "YaCy-peer" computers, .
Key facts
- Software.name
- YaCy
- Software.logo
- YaCy logo.png
- Software.screenshot
- Yacy-buscador.png
- Software.screenshot size
- 250px
- Software.author
- Michael Christen
- Software.developer
- YaCy community
- Software.latest release version
- 1.940_202412022212
- Software.programming language
- Java
- Software.operating system
- Cross-platform
- Software.size
- 104-113 MB
- Software.genre
- Overlay network, Search engine
- Software.license
- GPL-2.0-or-later
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8 sectionsContents
- System components
- Search-engine technology
- YaCy platform architecture
- Distribution
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
YaCy (pronounced “ya see”) is a free distributed search engine built on the principles of peer-to-peer (P2P) networks, created by Michael Christen in 2003. The engine is written in Java and distributed on several hundred "YaCy-peer" computers, .
Each YaCy-peer independently crawls through the Internet, analyzes and indexes found web pages, and stores indexing results in a common database which is shared with other YaCy-peers using principles of peer-to-peer. This decentralized approach ensures privacy and eliminates the need for a central server.