Show HN: An index of indie web/blog indexes

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Showcasing a curated index of indie web and blog directories, aggregating various tools for discovering personal sites, RSS feeds, and constraint-based web communities.

I saw a comment here about how there are so many indexes of indie sites, blogs, etc but there wasn&#x27;t an index of all the indexes. So I built it. It doesn&#x27;t require a log in, just go browse! I&#x27;ve curated about 30 or so, but there is a submission form if there are ones I am missing.<p>Also happy to take UI improvements because I am not great in that area!
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# The indie web index directory | theindex.fyi Source: [https://theindex.fyi/](https://theindex.fyi/) ## Curated Directories Human\-maintained lists of blogs and personal sites\. Good for submitting your own site or browsing by topic\. - Aggregates 1,000\+ independent and personal blogs - Home for everyone's blogrolls and post rolls - Hand\-curated directory of indie blogs - Open directory of personal sites maintained on GitHub - Personal sites of Hacker News users no submissions - Searchable human\-curated indie web directory - Directory of blogs hosted on Mataroa - Small personal web feed aggregator - Directory of personal sites submitted by their owners - Flat list of personal sites - Directory of links to help navigate the web - Human\-curated list of 1,000\+ personal and independent blogs - Blog directory for Spanish\-language writers - Yahoo\-style taxonomy of 2,300\+ blogs by topic - Personal software blogs with HN scores as quality signal, OPML export no submissions Feed\-centric indexes that surface posts from indie blogs in real time\. Good for following the small web like a stream\. - RSS\-based social discovery - Surfaces posts from feeds based on stated interests - Search engine for RSS feeds from blogs and podcasts - Random indie blog button; 4,900\+ sites indexed - Public RSS aggregator with shuffle and random features ## Search Engines Actually crawl and index the small web\. Good for finding specific content or authors\. - Discovers personal blogs, indie YouTube channels, and webcomics - Search engine for content\-rich, non\-commercial, lightweight sites - Search posts from 3,400\+ independent sites - Search engine for older\-style pages reminiscent of the early web - 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\. - A different IndieWeb blog featured every day, with RSS feed - Surfaces great writing from around the web no submissions - 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\. - Sites under 250 kilobytes - Sites under 512 kilobytes - Sites using dark themes by default ## IndieWeb Infrastructure Webrings, /now pages, webmention networks, and other connective tissue of the IndieWeb\. Good for plugging into the broader community\. - The IndieWeb wiki's index of personal sites - Webring of IndieWeb community members - Directory of people with /now pages, by Derek Sivers - Directory of personal/IndieWeb sites via omg\.lol Know one that's missing?[Suggest an entry\.](https://theindex.fyi/submit)

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