WeSearch is the project I wish existed in 2010 when news started turning into engagement-bait. It is a community news hub that pulls from 850+ RSS feeds — every major newsroom (NYT, BBC, Guardian, Washington Post, Reuters, AP, CNN, Bloomberg, Wired, Verge, Ars, Hacker News, …), every relevant subreddit, every editorial blog worth reading — deduplicates them, sorts them by recency, and lets you talk back to anything anonymously.
The 30-second version
- Free. No paywall, no plans, no upsells. Community-funded.
- Anonymous. No login required, ever. Identity is a random local key.
- Source-diverse. 850+ feeds across left, right, center, international, science, finance, tech, AI, gaming, sports, design, podcasts, and social-news.
- Chronological. No engagement-maximizing algorithm. New stuff first.
- Discussable. Every story has reactions and threaded comments built in.
- Privacy-bounded. Limited operational analytics are disclosed; there is no ad targeting, data sale, or activity-based ranking. See our privacy stance.
- Push-aware. Customize what you get pinged about: front-page only, specific sources, specific categories, or keyword matches.
- Installable. Add to your phone or desktop dock as a real app — fullscreen, instant launch.
The longer version
WeSearch is structured around a single idea: the news only matters when you can react to it together. Every minute, our backend pulls fresh stories from a hand-curated catalog of editorial RSS feeds. Stories deduplicate by URL, get a stable slug at /s/<slug>, and pick up an AI-generated TL;DR + key facts + tags asynchronously so the page is searchable. Each story page has anonymous reactions, threaded comments with GIF support, share buttons that include a guaranteed Open Graph card image, and a related-stories block from the same publisher.
The hub homepage is editorial — a press masthead, a front-page magazine grid, a 24-hour trending row, a most-discussed row, and an infinite-scroll "latest" feed under category filters. We don't surface what an algorithm thinks you should see; we surface what is happening, in the order it happens, across many sources at once.
The community layer
Underneath the news is a real community: anonymous reactions, threaded comments, GIFs, follows, voices-in-the-room discovery, save-for-later, share-counts, and an AI overseer that posts editorial-pulse summaries. Most actions don't require an account because there isn't one. You start engaging the moment you tap.
Tech
WeSearch is a Hono service in TypeScript on a DigitalOcean origin behind Cloudflare. It serves the editorial homepage, server-rendered story pages, sitemaps, landing pages, and VAPID-keyed Web Push. The core feed is self-operated; the public product also uses disclosed delivery, analytics, translation, payment, push, and feature-specific providers.
Why it exists
Because somewhere along the way, "news" became a slot machine. WeSearch puts the news back in front of you, in order, with other humans you can talk to—without an ad-targeting layer or an engagement-maximizing feed.
Who WeSearch is built for
- Readers who want broad cross-publisher coverage without paying for five separate subscriptions or accepting the engagement-optimization of a major aggregator.
- Readers who care about privacy and don't want their reading habits profiled by ad-tech vendors.
- Readers who want to discuss the news without performing for follower counts or accepting Twitter/X's degradation as a discussion environment.
- Researchers, journalists, and analysts who need a single chronological view across many publishers as a daily working surface.
- People in restricted information environments where pseudonymous reading and discussion of public news matters.
What WeSearch is not trying to be
- Not a Twitter/X replacement. We're news-focused, not general social.
- Not a Reddit replacement. No karma economy, no per-community moderation, different structure entirely.
- Not a Substack alternative. We aggregate; writers fund themselves on Substack.
- Not a publisher. We don't run our own reporting; we link to the publishers who do.
- Not a venture-funded startup. No equity, no investors, no growth-at-all-costs roadmap.
How WeSearch differs from the alternatives
| Comparison | WeSearch | Typical alternative |
|---|---|---|
| Account required | None | Email or social login |
| Algorithm | None — chronological | Engagement-optimized |
| Measurement / ads | Limited analytics; no ad stack | Often many analytics and ad SDKs |
| Paywall | None | Hard or metered |
| Discussion | Anonymous, threaded | Account-tied or absent |
| Funding | Donations only | Ads, subscription, or both |
| Source list | Public, auditable | Opaque |
Bottom line
- WeSearch is a free, fast, no-account news aggregator with anonymous threaded discussion, no ad targeting, and no personalized feed.
- The home feed is chronological across 850+ editorial sources.
- Comments are anonymous, structurally simpler than social platforms, and substantive in practice.
- The whole site loads in under 60 KB, runs without ads, and is funded by reader donations.
- If that's the kind of news product you'd build for yourself, you're at the right place.
Frequently asked
Is WeSearch a startup?
It's a project, not a startup. No investors, no equity, no growth target.
Who runs it?
A single developer with help from community contributors. The About page has more.
Can I use the API?
Yes — the public read API is free with reasonable rate limits. Email support for documentation or to discuss higher-volume use.
Will WeSearch ever go away?
Possibly — we're funded by donations, and if that dries up the lights go off. We'd announce 30 days in advance and give readers time to export their bookmarks.
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Frequently asked
Is WeSearch free?
Yes. There is no paywall, no plan, no premium tier. Hosting is paid for by community donations.
Do I need an account?
No. Identity is a random API key generated on your device the first time you react or comment.
How is the feed sorted?
By publish time after deduplication. No engagement model personalizes the main-feed order; readers loading it at the same time receive the same ordering.
How many sources?
850+ editorial RSS and Atom feeds across world, US, politics, tech, science, business, climate, AI, culture, and more.