HN · HACKER_NEWS// 25d agoPRODUCT UPDATE

Kagi Small Web boosts indie web discovery

Kagi Small Web is Kagi’s curated layer for surfacing recent posts from independent, non-commercial sites, with content pulled from a handpicked list and cycled on a roughly 7-day window. It plugs into Kagi Search results and is also available as a dedicated site, open-source dataset, RSS feed, and API-accessible index data.

// ANALYSIS

Smart move: Kagi is productizing “human curation as ranking signal” at a time when developers are frustrated with SEO sludge and low-signal AI content.

–The project combines editorial curation with distribution channels developers actually use: search, RSS, and API.
–Open-sourcing the source list makes the initiative auditable and community-correctable, which is a trust advantage over black-box ranking.
–The no-JavaScript, lightweight web experience aligns with the “small web” ethos instead of just marketing it.
–Community reaction is mostly positive, but recurring feedback questions how inclusive and scalable manual curation can be.

// TAGS

kagi-small-webkagisearchopen-sourceapi

DISCOVERED

25d ago

2026-03-17

PUBLISHED

26d ago

2026-03-17

RELEVANCE

6/ 10

AUTHOR

trueduke