---
type: Article
title: Grub it out!
description: Fed up with Google? Grub.org was launched earlier this year and it is a network distributed web crawler - an alternative search engine.
resource: https://www.simoncox.com/short-articles/2003-05-24-grub-it-out/
tags: [Shorticles, Tech, Web]
timestamp: 2003-05-24
---

Fed up with Google? No? I know it is very good but have you noticed that the results have become more and more commercial over the past few years? 

[Grub.org](https://web.archive.org/web/20091129234727/http://www.grub.org/) was launched earlier this year and it is a network based distributive search engine - like the SETI project it uses your PC (not Mac unfortunately) when you are not.  

I like this idea so am running the software at home and trying to support it in a little way - you never know, if there are enough people (100k+) running the software it could become very very good.

![Grub.org download graphic](/assets/img/content/2003-05-24-grub-it-out-1.gif){eleventy:ignore}

[Grub's Distributed Web Crawling Project](https://web.archive.org/web/20091129234727/http://grub.org/html/signup.php "Grub's Distributed Web Crawling Project")



[Read full article](https://www.simoncox.com/short-articles/2003-05-24-grub-it-out/)