# Why is Kagi not mentioned on PG?

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/why-is-kagi-not-mentioned-on-pg/30553
**Category:** Questions
**Created:** 2025-08-27T20:20:41Z
**Posts:** 5

## Post 1 by @unlocking7646 — 2025-08-27T20:20:41Z

I’m curious why Kagi isn’t mentioned as a search engine alternative on the recommendations. Is there an opinion held by the community to steer away from it? It seems to meet the criteria in the posting––being open-source and allowing Tor networking (although through its built-in Privacy Pass).

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## Post 2 by @TheDoc — 2025-08-27T20:23:16Z

> [@Kagi (Search Engine)](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/kagi-search-engine/14172/16):
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> Yeah… I really like the idea of ad-free business models personally, but for our purposes I’m finding it hard to recommend. This is Privacy Guides and not Ad-blocking Guides, and I disagree with the [notion](https://help.kagi.com/kagi/why-kagi/noads.html) that advertising is inherently linked to tracking, when other search engines like DDG and Brave have proven that isn’t the case. The advertising industry has been around for centuries, invasive tracking has only been a part of that for a few decades. Ads are certainly annoying,—and I’d persona…

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## Post 3 by @Cyber-Typhoon — 2025-08-27T20:25:11Z

> [@unlocking7646](#):
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> being open-source

Is it open source? I thought only the browser extension was open source.

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## Post 4 by @unlocking7646 — 2025-08-27T20:33:21Z

Thanks for linking that. Good read.

I can get behind the logic of a user account being tied to a search engine being the major downfall, even if there is no inherent tie to the end-user. I personally find it sad to see the disdain it gets over being a paid service––I feel there shouldn’t be an expectation for a privacy focused service to be free, but that is a difference of opinion at that point.

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## Post 5 by @unlocking7646 — 2025-08-27T20:42:12Z

“Increasingly open-source” so I could be off.

> **[Commitment to Open-source | Kagi's Docs](https://help.kagi.com/kagi/support-and-community/open-source.html)**
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> Kagi Search Help

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## Post 6 by @jonah — 2025-08-27T20:48:33Z

Duplicate of: [Kagi (Search Engine)](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/kagi-search-engine/14172)