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// 71d 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
71d ago
2026-03-17
PUBLISHED
71d ago
2026-03-17
RELEVANCE
6/ 10
AUTHOR
trueduke