# Decentralized Search in 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [28 January 2020 03:03 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/decentralized-search-in-2020/65 "2020-01-28T03:03:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rushabh](https://forum.fossunited.org/user_avatar/forum.fossunited.org/rushabh/32/12_2.png) [@rushabh](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/rushabh)\ **Post date:** [28 January 2020 03:03 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/decentralized-search-in-2020/65/1 "2020-01-28T03:03:53Z")
Parking ideas for a decentralized search engine from first principles in 2020 Goal - to build a new age search engine (fun project) that is semantic and decentralized. Some initial thoughts - Multi-nodal desktop app - Electron UI (or PWA) - Central node (CN) - There will be a central node which will maintain: - Metadata (models) - Views (a model can have multiple published views - like “data grid”, “catalog”, “photos”, “conversation”, “resume” etc. - Extractors (scripts) - Directory (of all nodes) - Modeling - The user should be able to add / edit models. A user can contribute metadata to the CN - Semantic modeling (Bootstrap models from [schema.org](http://schema.org)) - Features: - Ability to add / edit models - Ability to add / edit objects - Data Extraction - Users should be able to write and publish “extractors” - Source Plug-in architecture (example Wikipedia plugin, StackOverflow plugin, Reddit plugin, Amazon plugin etc.). - Data Source - Users should be able to store and publish objects. - Users should also publish data-directory - The source plugins will be extract information and map it semantically in a local SQLite database. - View - Users should be able to write and publish views in HTML/CSS - Multiple object view. with plugins for rendering objects as list, graphs, images - Single object view. with templates for each object type and also showing modeled objects with internet links for further search - Sharing - Ability to publish / share models, objects, extractors, views in-app - Network - Offline first - Personal node first - Personal node can be setup as a server - Ability to create a peer network (node to node) - Ability to search a peer via a plugin ### Reading Pears: [https://pearsearch.org/](https://pearsearch.org/) Blog on personal search: [https://beepb00p.xyz/pkm-search.html](https://beepb00p.xyz/pkm-search.html) ---
**Author:** ![knadh](https://forum.fossunited.org/user_avatar/forum.fossunited.org/knadh/32/30_2.png) [@knadh](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/knadh)\ **Post date:** [28 January 2020 13:46 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/decentralized-search-in-2020/65/2 "2020-01-28T13:46:32Z")
Interesting idea. Seems more like a knowledge store/graph than a search engine. SQLite / or an RDBMS probably wouldn’t be the best way to model semantic relationships. A graph DB would be better suited. Speaking of knowledge graphs, check out [https://cayley.io](https://cayley.io) and [https://perkeep.org/](https://perkeep.org/) (previously Camlistore. Not a knowledge graph but a personal “life store”). ---
**Author:** ![nilesh](https://forum.fossunited.org/user_avatar/forum.fossunited.org/nilesh/32/54_2.png) [@nilesh](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/nilesh)\ **Post date:** [8 February 2020 13:55 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/decentralized-search-in-2020/65/3 "2020-02-08T13:55:32Z")
An interesting project is [https://connectordb.io/](https://connectordb.io/) - intended to be a personal Google Analytics equivalent (known as “Quantified Self”). It has become dormant but they did make a number of data collection software for various platforms (browsers, OS). ---
**Author:** ![rushabh](https://forum.fossunited.org/user_avatar/forum.fossunited.org/rushabh/32/12_2.png) [@rushabh](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/rushabh)\ **Post date:** [2 March 2020 09:13 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/decentralized-search-in-2020/65/4 "2020-03-02T09:13:57Z")
A social search (powered by fossasia) [https://loklak.org](https://loklak.org) ---
**Author:** ![Bhupesh\_Varshney](https://forum.fossunited.org/user_avatar/forum.fossunited.org/bhupesh_varshney/32/138_2.png) [@Bhupesh\_Varshney](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/Bhupesh_Varshney)\ **Post date:** [30 August 2020 14:16 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/decentralized-search-in-2020/65/5 "2020-08-30T14:16:21Z")
If we talking about a search engine, then we possibly don’t need a Electron UI for this. Moreover, we might be able to leverage [IPFS](https://ipfs.io/) for distributed storage needs as well. (I have yet to figure out on a model on how this will actually work, but for e.g > **Every node gets preference if they help us index the site** Just like if we seed files (in a torrent based Architecture) we get more download speeds. That’s where the Search Engine Algorithm comes, I mean ok we are taking it as a “fun” project but I think engineering this is important as well. ---
**Author:** ![rushabh](https://forum.fossunited.org/user_avatar/forum.fossunited.org/rushabh/32/12_2.png) [@rushabh](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/rushabh)\ **Post date:** [30 August 2020 15:16 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/decentralized-search-in-2020/65/6 "2020-08-30T15:16:45Z")
I also realize there are 2 steps to “freeing” a service 1. Make it community owned 2. Make it distributed While we jump to #2, we should not forget #1. This is where we hope FOSSUnited can be a platform to manage community owned versions of popular services like search, social, market etc. Also #1 is much easier to do given the current internet infra. Also much easier to sustain and moderate content on community owned platforms.