Wiby
Hacker ApprovedRanked 18 of 38 search engines by recommenders
Free search engine that indexes small personal sites and old-style pages, which people use to find blogs and browse the web at random.
Free search engine that indexes small personal sites and old-style pages, which people use to find blogs and browse the web at random.
17 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 17
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 10 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 17 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 10 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Finds personal blogs and small sites
“Try search something on https://wiby.me for example and then tell me if all you get are people writing about the web.”
Comment from 6 Jan 2026 in “Strange.website” “Whenever I want to experience the web as it used to be I'll run a search on wiby.me”
Comment from 3 Feb 2026 in “How I Experience the Web Today” “I typically use marginalia and wiby to make finding posts from blogs easier”
Comment from 3 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: I built a frontpage for personal blogs” - Comment from 5 Jan 2026 in “During Helene, I Just Wanted a Plain Text Website”
- Comment from 8 May 2026 in “Ask HN: How do you find good personal blogs on Google nowadays?”
- Comment from 15 Feb 2026 in “Ooh.directory: a place to find good blogs that interest you”
- Comment from 11 Aug 2026 in “Google Search Is Dying. What Comes Next Is Worse”
Listed among other small-web directories
“Marginalia Search / Kagi Small Web / Wiby / Million Short are better options”
Comment from 8 May 2026 in “Ask HN: How do you find good personal blogs on Google nowadays?” “here are a few other directories and indices worth checking out”
Comment from 4 Apr 2026 in “The Indie Internet Index – submit your favorite sites” Fun random browsing via surprise button
“I spent a couple of hours on wiby.me browsing sites at random and it was amazing.”
Comment from 6 Jan 2026 in “Strange.website” “has fun hitting the "surprise me" button”
Comment from 20 May 2026 in “Google Declaring War on the Web” Surfaces pages corporate search misses
“There is a lot of fun stuff still there, but a corporate search engine might not point you to it.”
Comment from 5 May 2026 in “The best is over: The fun has been optimized out of the Internet” “Marginalia Search / Kagi Small Web / Wiby / Million Short are better options”
Comment from 8 May 2026 in “Ask HN: How do you find good personal blogs on Google nowadays?”
Other search engines people recommend
The four most recommended other search engines, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kagi | 732 | 234 | 76% | 13 | 2 yrs106 owners | Approved |
| Google Search | 315 | 1,039 | 23% | 12 | 20 yrs25 owners | — |
| DuckDuckGo | 286 | 204 | 58% | 12 | 3.5 yrs47 owners | — |
| Hister | 81 | 9 | 90% | 9 | 2 mo17 owners | Approved |
| WibyThis page | 17 | 0 | 100% | 10 | — | Approved |
What people said
18 of the 24 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“it’s nice to have been reminded”
“found via https://wiby.me/”
“still work for me without CAPTCHA, Javascript or cookies”
“I have a either https://wiby.me or a blank homepage”
“We even have a dedicated web search for that”
“has fun hitting the "surprise me" button”
“Another good search engine for personal blogs”
“Marginalia Search / Kagi Small Web / Wiby / Million Short are better options”
“There is a lot of fun stuff still there, but a corporate search engine might not point you to it.”
“Also, everything from https://wiby.me .”
“here are a few other directories and indices worth checking out”
“I typically use marginalia and wiby to make finding posts from blogs easier”
“The best blogs are at https://wiby.me”
“Whenever I want to experience the web as it used to be I'll run a search on wiby.me”
“I spent a couple of hours on wiby.me browsing sites at random and it was amazing.”
“Haven't seen Wiby before but it's fantastic, thank you.”
“Try search something on https://wiby.me for example and then tell me if all you get are people writing about the web.”
“a lot of great sites can be found through something like”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.