# Greppr (greppr.org)

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Greppr (greppr.org) and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People like its self-built index and pages they had never seen, but critics say results are weak and the search box on results pages is broken.

## Why people recommend it

- Praise for the effort (3 comments): "This is pretty cool. Don't let the naysayers stop you." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46731724)) "This is mad but cool. Keep at it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46733900)) "this is really impressive" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46736987))

## What people warn about

- Repeats Wikipedia articles across languages (1 comments): "Showing the same Wikipedia article in different languages is not helpful when I am searching in English" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46731797))
- Results weak for tested queries (1 comments): "this doesn't appear to do an acceptable job with any of the queries I tested" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46731593))
- Search input broken on results page (1 comments): "The input on the results page doesn't work, you always need to return to the start page on which the browser history is disabled." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46731717))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Google Search](https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-search.md): 315 recommend
- [Yandex Search](https://hackerapproved.com/p/yandex.md): 79 recommend
- [Marginalia Search](https://hackerapproved.com/p/marginalia-search.md): 50 recommend
- [Bing](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bing.md): 33 recommend
- [Ecosia](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ecosia.md): 24 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://greppr.org/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Greppr (greppr.org)", https://hackerapproved.com/p/greppr-org-web-search-index/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).