EU-based and simpler Kagi alternative – Uruky
Kagi minus the AI fluff, but unproven and asking for €5/month trust.

Paid private search with Mullvad-style auth, but Kagi's more established.
Privacy-conscious users, EU residents seeking alternatives to US-based search engines
Kagi · Brave Search · Mojeek
If you'd like to learn more, an independent interview was posted a couple of weeks ago [1], and the FAQ [2] has a lot of information as well.
For the source code sharing, we've talked with lawyers and are inclined to no longer require the NDA/NCC for privacy reasons shared with us before (signing requires identification), but instead use a source-available permissive license that doesn't allow competition, like PolyForm Shield [3] (we do still have about 6 months before finalising a decision, here).
This does come with a lot more risks for us (it's harder to track down if someone publishes the code or uses it against the license), but given we've already passed 100 monthly active accounts, we're feeling more confident it's an acceptable risk.
The plan is to give logged in accounts (who are 12 months old or more) a way to download a ZIP of the current code base that's in the server.
Obviously there's no easy way to prove that's the case, but we're open to ideas/suggestions if someone here has them.
[1]: https://theprivacydad.com/interview-with-the-engineer-of-uru...
Kagi minus the AI fluff, but unproven and asking for €5/month trust.
Disappearing chats sound cool, but temporary anonymous chat is a solved niche.
Uses the Threema multi-device QR flow as a clever workaround to avoid the paid Gateway and platform app DRM — not a hacky proxy but a full plugin supporting streaming group-edit replies, media/voice memos, inbound transcription and reactions. The README shows a thoughtful UX (one-command npx setup, health checks) and some real engineering around partial streaming edits and group session creation, though adoption will stay niche and operators should audit long-term maintenance and account-linking risks.
Anonymous feedback over LinkedIn, but YellowBox, 15Five already do this better with integrations.
Live-typing visibility creates presence that Discord and Slack both lack.
Zero-friction Markdown-to-URL publishing beats Pastebin, but Notion, HackMD already do this.