Stract is an open source search engine where the user has the ability to see exactly what is going on and customize almost everything about their search results. It's a search engine made for hackers and tinkerers just like ourselves. No more searches where some of the terms in the query arent used, and the engine tries to guess what you really meant. You get what you search for.
Oh, and if we ever become evil (maybe by changing our motto) please take our code and start a competitor. The fact that you have this ability will make sure that our values will always be aligned with our users.
We will also have a paid API for developers.
Github: https://github.com/StractOrg/stract
The build process is outlined in CONTRIBUTING.md. It mentions an optional configuration option for Alice, an AI search assistant.
REST API docs: https://trystract.com/beta/api/docs/