Critical OSI-approved OSS Developer Tools Developer Infrastructure

Araa Search

A privacy-respecting, ad-free, self-hosted Google metasearch engine with strong security that offers full API support and utilizes Qwant for images, and DuckDuckGo for auto-complete.

Data confidence62/100
Source coverage48/100
Publish confidence56/100
Pricing checkedNo current pricing evidence

Moderate-confidence page: useful public signals are present, but some evidence sources may be missing or stale.

Score Breakdown

Public signal read

?

How to read this

These bars are a reader-facing view of the ToolVitals evidence model. They summarize maintenance, shipping, confidence, and decay signals. Hosted pricing evidence is shown separately.

Activity
Recent commits, releases, changelog, package, and product-motion signals.
Reliability
Maintenance posture from recency, release evidence, availability, and repo signals.
Adoption
Public footprint from GitHub stars, forks, and watchers when available.
Sustainability
Longer-term posture combining health, activity, adoption, confidence, and decay risk.
ToolVitals40/100Health41/100Shipping7/100Zombie Risk0/100
Overall Score 40 Critical
Activity 7
Reliability 41
Adoption 48
Sustainability 42

Score History

Scores collected daily. More data points appear as the tracker runs.

About this tool

What ToolVitals knows about Araa Search

A privacy-respecting, ad-free, self-hosted Google metasearch engine with strong security that offers full API support and utilizes Qwant for images, and DuckDuckGo for auto-complete.

This tool has an OSI-approved open-source license signal.

Multiple signals suggest declining health or reduced shipping momentum.

Source-visible project Developer Infrastructure OSI-approved OSS Scored Intelligence
Repository

GitHub Activity

PY
Extravi/araa-search
Stars 327
Forks 27
Watchers 327
Open Issues 0
Primary Language
Python
Last Commit
72 days ago
Releases 90d
0
Default Branch
main
License
AGPL-3.0
Repository Status
Active repository
Evidence

Signal Quality

Data Confidence 62/100 Partial
Source Coverage 48/100 Partial
Publish Confidence 56/100 Partial

ConfidenceModerate confidence with some missing public signals.

Zombie RiskNo meaningful zombie signal right now.

How ToolVitals scores work
Openness

License Evidence

Class
OSI-approved OSS
License
AGPL-3.0
Pricing Scope
No hosted pricing tracked

This tool has an OSI-approved open-source license signal.

Sources

Tracked Sources

Profile

Classification

Category
Developer Tools
Use Case
Developer Infrastructure
Openness
OSI-approved OSS
License
AGPL-3.0
Pricing Scope
No hosted pricing tracked
Tool Mode
Source-visible project
Score Model
Open Source Maintenance
Score Visibility
Scored Intelligence
Status
Critical
Hosted Pricing

Pricing Evidence

Scope
No hosted pricing tracked
Free Tier
Not detected
Currency
USD
Tracked Plans
0
Maintainers

README Badge

Show this ToolVitals status in project docs.

Open badge SVG
Tags
open-sourcead-freeapiapi-supportautocompletefossgoogle-apimetasearchmetasearch-engineosintprivacyprivacy-searchpythonsearchsearch-enginesearch-resultssecuritysecurity-toolsself-hostedtorapi-first

Recommended Alternatives

Top-ranked tools in the same use case by public ToolVitals evidence.

AutoGPT

Active · OSI-approved OSS

100

Agno

Active · OSI-approved OSS

100

Composio

Active · OSI-approved OSS

100

Some links are affiliate links. ToolVitals may earn a commission from qualifying purchases.