Marginalia Search

Boutique search engine for personal websites and digital gardens. User-submitted, human-moderated.

An independent search engine that favors text-heavy, non-commercial websites. Surfaces the small web that Google ignores.

Search engine for the classic web. Returns results from hand-picked personal and hobbyist websites.

Pinboard is an actively maintained, independent bookmarking service with strong community curation. It embodies the indie web philosophy and surfaces quality human-curated content rather than algorithmic feeds. The site emphasizes browsing for discovery, has minimal corporate influence, and features genuinely interesting links from independent creators, researchers, and technical communities.

Pinboard is an active, indie, privacy-focused bookmarking service maintained by a single developer. It represents the independent web philosophy perfectly - a 'one-man operation' competing without ads or corporate backing. It's a high-quality tool emphasizing simplicity and utility over feature bloat, aligning with the directory's values.

LWN.net is an active, well-maintained publication founded in 1998 dedicated to independent journalism covering Linux and open source software. It exemplifies the directory philosophy: human-curated, ad-minimal, intellectually rigorous coverage of free software development with deep institutional knowledge. The site maintains editorial independence through a subscription model while remaining free-to-access for basic content. It's widely respected in open source communities for in-depth kernel an