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Humanizing the web with a user-centric search engine and browser - no ads, no trackers, just you and the product you love. Support email: [email protected]
Palo Alto, CA
Joined January 2023
Never get lost in translation again. Today, we launch Kagi Translate, offering superior translations across 244 languages! . Higher quality translations than Google Translate and DeepL, zero tracking, and free ✨. More info: Try it:
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Kagi shows paywall indicators right in search results, so you know before clicking. Save yourself the extra time 👇
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Our leadership team meeting recently to discuss the next chapter of Kagi. We are over 30 people now and are hiring across multiple roles, see
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We have partnered with @Wolfram_Alpha to surface dependable information in Kagi. And we are welcoming @stephen_wolfram to our advisory board. Read everything about it in our blog post.
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Google is now required to include any search engine that meets specific criteria, such as having an app with over 5,000 installs, in the default list for Android and Chrome. Install the Kagi app today and help us meet the target! ⬇️.
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Time flies! . Today we celebrate the two-year anniversary of Kagi launching as a paid service. 🎉. We have a comprehensive blog post detailing everything we have achieved and our plans for the future.
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We crossed the 5,000 installs goal and we submitted a request with Google to add Kagi to the Android choice screen in the EU. Thanks to all who helped us get there! 🙏 .
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Today we are celebrating reaching 20,000 members! . For this occasion we have a special surprise in store for all our members. Read everything about this significant milestone: .
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We received clear feedback that we need to do something about AI-generated images that started creeping up in the image search. You asked for it and we delivered! ✨. These updates prioritise authentic, human-created images and downrank AI-generated content 👇
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We’re excited to share a series of videos soon, showcasing the difference Kagi makes in search - especially in comparison to Google. Users should never have to settle for engines that prioritize advertisers over them, filling results with ads, low-value content and AI slop.
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We're thrilled to bring you the news you've all been eagerly awaiting - Kagi is now available with unlimited searches for just $10/month!. More in our announcement:.
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Fun fact: Kagi served 60 million queries so far this year to paid customers worldwide, surpassing our total queries in all of 2023.
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Google is required to include any search engine that meets specific criteria, like having an app with over 5K installs, in the default list for Android & Chrome. We'd love it if you install the Kagi app and help us meet the criteria! We're almost there: .
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To all our amazing Kagi users, we're grateful for you! As a token of our appreciation, you can now share the gift of better search with three friends or family members. You should have received an email with the details 🎁
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Maintenance completed. We should be set for the next decade. Thanks for your patience. Enjoy the upgraded Kagi!.
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Kagi is the premium search engine that puts you in control, not advertisers. Experience the thrill of fast, relevant search results with no tracking or distractions. Search as it should be 🪄.
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Kagi does not log and associate searches with an account. Searches are anonymous and private to you. We do not log or store your IP address. We do not use any web browser analytics or other frontend telemetry. We do not have any ads or trackers. We're serious about privacy 🔒.
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Kagi now has more customers than 14 world countries and inhabited territories. We are coming for you British Virgin Islands next!.
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Kagi Translate is not revolutionary - it's simply a better translation service. Try it for yourself: Also: we will be bringing Kagi Translate soon inside Kagi Search as a widget for instant translation inside search results! 🪄
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Kagi has grown this far thanks to word of mouth, and now we need your help to take it further. Spread the word and show that there are better, more reliable choices for search. Our mission is an ambitious one, and we can only achieve it collectively with your support!
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Thank you Cory, for helping spread the word about Kagi. 🙏.
Remember the first time you used Google search? It was like magic. After years of progressively worsening search quality from Altavista and Yahoo, Google was literally stunning, a gateway to the very best things on the internet. 1/
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Kagi update today:. - Faster and more accurate instant answers thanks to Wolfram|Alpha integration for calculation, time and conversions. - Ending a query with a question mark (?) will automatically trigger LLM-based answers . Full release notes:
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Just a reminder that Kagi works just fine everywhere without JavaScript 😎 . "Highly recommend Kagi Search as an alternative. The results are generally better than Google's anyways, and don't require JavaScript."👇.
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We launched FastGPT, experiment in fastest possible AI with built in search.
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Excited to announce the launch of Kagi Universal Summarizer! Get summaries for articles, PDFs, videos, tweets, and even books in real-time. Soon natively integrated into Kagi search. Check out the free technology preview:.
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2024 was a big year for Kagi! Here are just some of the highlights. Incredibly grateful to all our members who have supported us on this journey. We're setting our sights on even bigger goals for 2025! 🚀
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New basemap options in Kagi. Choose from two new basemaps — the detail-rich Kagi Basemap featuring 3D landmarks, or the streamlined OpenStreetMap Basemap. Easily switch between these options directly from the maps search bar. More in release notes today:
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Kagi does not need to compromise on user experience. Everything we do is user-centric. Why? Because we depend solely on users for revenue - not advertisers or other third parties. That's our motivation to create the best search experience possible.
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Kagi's Snaps allows you to easily limit search results to a specific website by using the @ symbol followed by a short code for the site and then your search query🪄. More on how to use and contribute to Snaps:
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We're on our way to 50,000 members and have a mysterious surprise waiting at the finish line: . Not a member yet? Join Kagi to unlock both the celebratory surprise AND the ultimate gift: the most powerful search experience 😍
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Love seeing all the excitement from users who got the Kagi t-shirt and sticker pack for being among the first 20,000 members!. Thank you for sharing some of these photos, @andrewsayer, @alexfedosov, @louisb7711, @nathanbeddoedev, @SukinoVerse, @TheXeophon! 🐶
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Exciting update today! Full release notes: We are now showing a paywall indicator in search results.
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By default, Kagi Image Search downranks images from websites with a high proportion of AI-generated content. You can also use the AI images filter to completely exclude websites with AI-generated images from your image search results. More info:
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Nice discovery! It is one of our oldest features!.
Kagi Search (@KagiHQ) has its own 'wikipedia' frame allowing you to rabbithole without having to leave your search page, really cool! thanks @vladquant 🙌
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Did you know that you can share your search results with anyone, even those who aren't Kagi users yet? . This can help others experience the difference in quality and relevance that Kagi offers, if words aren't enough to describe it 👇
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Announcing our latest wave of changes off the back of our company retreat!. Highlights: official Android app, Snaps (a useful twist on Bangs!), Universal Summarizer Extension for Chrome, tons of other fixes & improvements ✨.
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Kagi's new video search controls let you replace clickbait thumbnails with real screenshots, customize title formatting, and focus on actual content. You may find these controls in your search settings. No more bait and switch - just honest previews of the content you want.
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Now you can simply scan a QR code with an authenticated device to log into Kagi on a new device.
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Today's Kagi release brings:. - Two-factor authentication.- Visual indication for search results coming from Kagi's own index. Full release notes:
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Big Kagi update!. - Quick peek shows additional relevant results.- Additional sources to improve local business search .- Find hidden treasure via Usenet search lens.- GPT4-Vision model enabled in Assistant.- Friday outage post-mortem. Full release notes:.
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Subscription-based means you're the customer, not the product. Unlike ad-based engines, Kagi doesn't track your data or manipulate results for profit. A better search experience, fully supported only by its users.
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Elevate your search experience with Kagi's Snaps feature🔍
Kagi's "Snaps" feature is like a digital scalpel, letting you slice through the vast web with precision. Simply type @ and a site's shortcode before your query. Information curation, distilled to its essence.
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You can now use the tracking-free Kagi Translate to translate search results directly from the results page. An icon will appear if we detect that the search result is in a language other than your interface language:
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We are very proud of the fact that there are more than 1,000 families world-wide enjoying more humane web search with Kagi.
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Orion Browser 0.99.127 is finally here! . This is one of the biggest updates to Orion to date, with several of the most demanded features like:. - Compact tabs.- Auto update extensions.- Link preview window. Release notes:.
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Kagi latest update:. - Integration of OpenAI's new GPT-4o model into our Assistant, enhancing the Research Expert mode, Code Assistant, and Chat Assistant. - Summarizer now recognizes recipes and displays both ingredients and steps. Full release notes:
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Kagi Search is currently in 14,134 homes. That makes current Kagi population more populous than 15 world countries. Next up to beat is Cook Islands with 15,040.
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We have a bunch of announcements today. Let's start!. - We are making GPT 4 Turbo available in Kagi Assistant (currently in closed beta and available to all Ultimate members). - We are now deployed in Australia (Sydney), yay! We are now in 9 regions to minimize latency. (1/6)
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We've added search buttons to our homepage on mobile to make it easier for you to choose your search type📱. Also, download Kagi for Android and help us reach the 5,000 installs needed for Kagi to be in the search default list on Android and Chrome!.
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With Kagi, you get a tailored search experience while keeping your privacy intact🔒 — no ads, no data mining, no tracking, just a better web overall. Plus, without ads cluttering the results, searches are faster, more relevant, and truly focused on what you need⚡
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New release! 📣. Parents can now shield their children from clickbait and shock value with powerful new video controls that show authentic thumbnails and clean titles. Full release notes:
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We are making our latest experiment, FastGPT, publicly available. FastGPT is the fastest "GPT" out there, that is powered by a full search engine underneath. It is primarily an experiment in speed as an important part of search. Try it here:.
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New Tuesday, new release. - Kagi Bangs are now open source and available at - From Kagi Labs: Kagi Sidekick (alpha) is smart search for websites Demo at Full release notes:
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- We have added Brave Search API as an additional source of results.- We vastly improved Image search results. - Kagi Search for Safari Extension 2.0. And much more in the holidays Kagi search update.
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Today we’re excited to officially launch the Assistant, a new powerful tool for information consumption that complements Kagi Search. Assistant features direct access to world's best LLMs, grounded in Kagi Search, all in one place and for one price.
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New Kagi Translate updates 🌍. ✴️ Translate as you type for Ultimate members. ✴️ Instant translation without page reloads. ✴️ Added language search, no more scrolling through the list!. Translate with confidence and zero tracking:
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We try our best to be as privacy conscious as possible in everything that we build at Kagi 🔒. We all deserve a better web without trackers and intrusive ads that not only violate our privacy but also diminishes user experience.
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We hear this feedback a lot! And best of all, it's completely tracking free, with tons of improvements and additional features added in the last few weeks:.
@LinkofSunshine also massively outperforms google translate, and kagi is a teeny tiny company compared to alphabet.
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Kagi's shield icon can also show you which sites have been detected as scam, so you can block it from future results👇
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📢 New Orion browser update! Now with passkey support for secure authentication and Apple Pay integration for seamless and secure online payments. Orion also now supports extensions from Chrome, Firefox and Safari! 🪄. Plus over 180 other improvements:
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Love Kagi Search? The best way to help is simply sharing it! Tell friends why you love it, show them how it works, help them explore the difference and benefits. Word of mouth is how meaningful products become movements 💪
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We have just updated Orion for desktop and it is a big release! ✨. Featuring auto Picture-in-Picture when switching tabs, enhanced privacy features, custom start pages, smart tab management plus over 70 improvements & bug fixes!. Full changelog:
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We had a disruption of service that lasted about 10 mins caused by an ongoing DDoS attack against our network. Autoamted protection kicked in (albeit a bit late). Engineering team is on it.
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According to Statista, advertisers spent $185.35 billion to influence your search results in 2022. By 2028, they'll spend $261 billion💰 . At Kagi, we believe your attention and data shouldn't be for sale - that's why we work directly for users, not advertisers / third parties.
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Don't like ads and trackers? With Kagi's search results, you can quickly view how many trackers are detected on a website before visiting the page 👇
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As a part of our ongoing mission to humanize the web, we're thrilled to announce the launch of Kagi Small Web initiative. Learn more in our announcement blog post:.
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Here are some of our 2024 stats! Our growth was driven entirely by word of mouth and personal recommendations. In 2025, we aim to grow exponentially and bring a better web to even more people. With your support, we'll get there!. Happy New Year from all of us at Kagi 💛
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"Kagi looking pretty good right now, literally every page works without JavaScript, including settings" - Chris Hayes, beloved Kagi member 💛.
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We've launched a major redesign of the Assistant interface, featuring:. ✴️A cleaner, text-editor style layout.✴️Improved message flow and readability.✴️Streamlined controls and interactions.✴️This update is part of our vision to create a distinctive LLM interface
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As a part of today's update to Kagi, we also added Claude 3 Opus from @AnthropicAI to our Assistant (currently the Assistant remains in beta and limited to Ultimate subscribers). Here is Claude 3 Opus in action with a nice touch at the end.
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We are open-sourcing VectorDB, a minimal Python package for implementing short-term memory for use in LLMs. VectorDB simplifies storing and retrieving content from a vector database without any knowledge of embeddings or vector search.
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Search should simply show you what you want to find. No intermediaries, no misaligned incentives, no hidden agendas - just direct connections to valuable content. That's what the web was meant to be.
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Short survey by @Bitwarden for #DataPrivacyWeek . "What does your privacy stack look like?". Show some love for Kagi & Orion 🥰.
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Exciting updates to Kagi's Assistant!. UI improvements and two new models for you to explore: Deepseek R1 and Deepseek v3, both using a privacy respecting provider (view our LLM privacy guide:
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This is why we built Kagi. Pure search, relevant results, zero ads and trackers. [Comic by @DanbyDraws]
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Kagi’s Orion browser successfully blocks all ads, including YouTube ads, both on desktop and mobile. It also blocks first-party and third-party scripts and requests. That means that Orion always blocks all trackers by default 👇.
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We have an exciting update to our pricing plans - We are adding more searches and making AI features unlimited across all plans! . Read more in our blog post:
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We are rolling Kagi Assistant beta for Ultimate plan members. Assistant includes four dynamic AI modes - Research, Code, Chat, and Custom - powered by models like GPT-4 and Claude-2, all in one package.
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Kagi allows you to filter your results in ways you won't find on other search engines.
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Here are some reasons to give the Assistant a try 🧵. It uses Kagi Search to deliver accurate, up-to-date info, filtering out spam and ad-driven sites with its unique ranking algorithm and personalized search. 1/8
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We are excited to announce that Kagi has raised our first external fundraise, thanks to 42 amazing accredited investors who are also Kagi users. With this support, we'll aim to accelerate product initiatives and provide more benefits to your membership.
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We open sourced FastFeedParser, a high performance RSS, Atom & RDF parser in Python: This library powers Kagi Small Web ( & a few other initiatives at Kagi and is faster + more efficient at parsing feeds than existing alternatives!.
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Ads slow down the web, create a frustrating user experience, and negatively impact how we think. Tracking, which comes hand-in-hand with ads, collects our personal data (often without consent) to increase advertising effectiveness. Kagi products are free of ads and trackers.
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A little known fact - Orion browser users on macOS Mojave (10.14) are able to use newer version of WebKit than Safari users on Sonoma (14.0). This is because the Orion team has been backporting latest WebKit all the way back to macOS 10.14 with each new release.
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