Supercharge Your LLMs with Web Search Powered by YaCy
This extension tool bridges the gap between your OpenWebUI and the powerful, decentralized YaCy web search engine. By installing this extension, you can equip your Large Language Models (LLMs) with the ability to perform live web searches directly within OpenWebUI.
Key Features:
- Web Search Integration: Enables your LLMs to access and process information from the web in real-time, going beyond their static training data.
- YaCy Powered: Utilizes YaCy, a free, open-source, and decentralized search engine network, offering a privacy-respecting alternative to mainstream search engines.
- Enhanced LLM Responses: LLMs can provide more informed, up-to-date, and contextually accurate answers by incorporating web search results.
- Clean Content Extraction: Intelligently extracts relevant text content from web pages, minimizing noise and maximizing efficiency for LLM processing (HTML junk is removed!).
- Easy Installation: Designed for simple integration into your existing OpenWebUI instance.
What is YaCy?
YaCy is a free distributed search engine, built on principles of decentralization and user privacy. It operates as a peer-to-peer network where each YaCy instance contributes to indexing and searching the web. This makes it a compelling option for those seeking an alternative to centralized search engines.
Who is this for?
This extension is ideal for OpenWebUI users who:
- Want to give their LLMs access to real-time web information.
- Are interested in using decentralized and privacy-focused technologies like YaCy.
- Need their LLMs to provide answers based on current web content.
Get Started:
To install this extension, simply visit the following URL in your browser:
https://openwebui.com/t/gudarzi/yacy_web_search
Once you are on the page, click the Get button to install the YaCy Web Search extension to your OpenWebUI instance.