Your privacy focused personal search engine.
Search across Gmail, your own websites, and FTP servers - all in one place. Self-hosted. Private. Under your control.
Privacy First
Self-hosted on your hardware. Your data never leaves your infrastructure. No third-party services, no tracking, no data mining.
Search Everything
One search box for Gmail, your own websites, FTP servers, and more. Full-text search with relevance ranking. Find what you need, instantly.
Crawl Your Websites
Point it at a seed URL and Yew Search crawls same-host pages, following links automatically to build a searchable index of your own sites.
Mirror FTP Archives
Recursively scans FTP servers, subdirectories included, to discover and index text files - documents, notes, subtitles, and more - across your archives.
Raspberry Pi Ready
Runs on Raspberry Pi 4 (4GB+). Minimal resource usage. No cloud dependencies. Perfect for homelabs.
Plugin Architecture
Connect services with OAuth in seconds. Extensible plugin system. Add new integrations easily.
Automatic Sync
Background polling keeps your data up-to-date. Configurable sync intervals. Never miss an email or message.
Free for Personal Use
Fair-code licensed. Free for homelab and personal use. Transparent, auditable code. Commercial licenses available.
How It Works
Get started in three simple steps
1
Install on Your Server
Deploy with Docker on your Raspberry Pi, homelab server, or any Linux machine.
2
Connect Your Sources
Use OAuth to securely connect Gmail, or point Yew Search at a website or FTP server to crawl and index it directly.
3
Start Searching
Search all your data in one place. Fast, private, and always under your control.