Show HN: An index of indie web/blog indexes

The index of indexes.

A maintained, canonical meta-index of indie web and small web index sites. 38 entries across 6 categories. Unless noted, each index accepts submissions.

All Curated Directories RSS & Feed Aggregators Search Engines Random Discovery Constraint-Based Clubs IndieWeb Infrastructure

Curated Directories

Human-maintained lists of blogs and personal sites. Good for submitting your own site or browsing by topic.

  • Blogosphere

    Aggregates 1,000+ independent and personal blogs

  • Blogroll Club

    Home for everyone's blogrolls and post rolls

  • Blogs Are Back

    Hand-curated directory of indie blogs

  • Blogscroll

    Open directory of personal sites maintained on GitHub

  • HN Personal Websites

    Personal sites of Hacker News users

  • Indieseek

    Searchable human-curated indie web directory

  • Mataroa Collection

    Directory of blogs hosted on Mataroa

  • Minifeed

    Small personal web feed aggregator

  • PersonalSit.es

    Directory of personal sites submitted by their owners

  • The Big List of Personal Websites

    Flat list of personal sites

  • Web Jamboree

    Directory of links to help navigate the web

  • Ye Olde Blogroll

    Human-curated list of 1,000+ personal and independent blogs

  • blogblog.es

    Blog directory for Spanish-language writers

  • blogs.hn

    Tiny tech blog directory

  • ooh.directory

    Yahoo-style taxonomy of 2,300+ blogs by topic

RSS & Feed Aggregators

Feed-centric indexes that surface posts from indie blogs in real time. Good for following the small web like a stream.

  • RSS.Social

    RSS-based social discovery

  • Scour

    Surfaces posts from feeds based on stated interests

  • feedle

    Search engine for RSS feeds from blogs and podcasts

  • indieblog.page

    Random indie blog button; 4,900+ sites indexed

  • powRSS

    Public RSS aggregator with shuffle and random features

Search Engines

Actually crawl and index the small web. Good for finding specific content or authors.

  • Kagi Small Web

    Discovers personal blogs, indie YouTube channels, and webcomics

  • Marginalia Search

    Search engine for content-rich, non-commercial, lightweight sites

  • Search My Site

    Search posts from 3,400+ independent sites

  • Wiby

    Search engine for older-style pages reminiscent of the early web

  • blogsearch.io

    Blog-focused search engine

Random Discovery

Send you somewhere unexpected. Good for when you want to find something new without knowing what you're looking for.

  • Blog of the Day

    A different IndieWeb blog featured every day, with RSS feed

  • Read Something Interesting

    Surfaces great writing from around the web

  • The Forest

    Get lost on the web — random site discovery

Constraint-Based Clubs

Indexes defined by a technical or creative constraint (page weight, no JS, dark theme, etc.). Good for finding deliberately minimal sites.

  • 1MB Club

    Sites under 1 megabyte

  • 250KB Club

    Sites under 250 kilobytes

  • 512KB Club

    Sites under 512 kilobytes

  • Dark Theme Club

    Sites using dark themes by default

  • no-js.club

    Sites with no JavaScript

IndieWeb Infrastructure

Webrings, /now pages, webmention networks, and other connective tissue of the IndieWeb. Good for plugging into the broader community.

  • IndieWeb Directory

    The IndieWeb wiki's index of personal sites

  • IndieWeb Webring

    Webring of IndieWeb community members

  • Now Now Now

    Directory of people with /now pages, by Derek Sivers

  • omg.lol directory

    Directory of personal/IndieWeb sites via omg.lol

  • uses.tech

    Directory of /uses pages

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