Patch says: fast answers, tiny hardware bill.

Find It Right The First Try

A warm, privacy-first search engine that respects your time, your eyes, and your CPU.

What Makes Argand Different

We built the search engine we wished existed.

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Privacy by Design

Zero tracking, zero profiling, DID-based identity. Your searches are yours — always.

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Runs Anywhere

55+ microservices that scale from a Raspberry Pi to a datacenter. Lightweight by design.

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Open Source Forever

AGPL-3.0. Every algorithm, every model, every line of code. No black boxes, no surprises.

How It Works

Simple by design. Powerful underneath.

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Step 1

You Search

Type what you're looking for. Plain language, technical queries, anything.

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Step 2

Argand Understands

BM25+ ranking, semantic analysis, and intelligent scoring find the best matches.

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Step 3

First Try Results

Exactly what you wanted, right at the top. No scrolling past ads or spam.

Beyond Search

All built with the same philosophy: privacy-first, open source, lightweight by design.

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Maps

Privacy-first navigation and local search

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Nimbus

Hyperlocal weather without location tracking

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Discovery

Movie and TV recommendations, your way

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Time Machine

Track how articles change over time

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Sync

Local-first CRDT sync for all your data

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Scholar

Academic paper search and discovery

Our Philosophy

We believe better things are possible. Software doesn't need to be bloated, invasive, or ugly.

Argand proves that a search engine can be fast, private, and beautiful. We built it because we were tired of search engines that work against you instead of for you.

Find what you want. First try. Every time.

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