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Screenshot showing Kagi search companions
Kagi search results page for the query "d20," with a hexagonal die showing the number 12 displayed below the search filters.
Hand-drawn flowchart. A winding orange path labeled "When you search…" passes obstacles like "AI interruption you can't turn off," "Ads," "More ads," "Suggested products (ads)," "AI mistook your search query for a prompt" then reaches "At kagi.com we cut to the chase," shown by a dog chasing a tennis ball. A clean arrow leads to a "Search here" bar and a single result: "Literally the thing you asked for." Bottom text: "Finally. Search that just works."
A sports widget displaying World Cup football fixtures on a yellow background
Libib banner reading "Collect. Catalog. Share." with a cartoon character in glasses reading a book and a "Start Cataloging!" button.
Collage of Kagi Search screenshots showing custom CSS themes, with handwritten labels pointing to a high contrast view for low vision, glassy image search effects, a tighter compact layout, and a custom color scheme palette.
The Kagi mascot, a minimalist black-and-white dog, sits beside the Kagi Translate logo, set against a soft green patterned background
Kagi SlopStop settings screen with two dropdown options: image and video results set to "Exclude," and web search results set to "Downrank."
Kagi ad split into two halves. Left, labeled "The web now," shows a dark, chaotic hellscape. Right, labeled "The web you deserve," shows a bright Impressionist meadow. Tagline: "Join the resistance. Kagi."
Short video demonstrating search customization toggles (Block AI Images, Prioritize Original Sources, Downrank SEO Spam, and Block Domains). Each activated switch progressively refines the search results, making them cleaner and more relevant.
Dark quote card with a Lifehacker logo. Quote by Jake Peterson: "Kagi is a favorite among tech fans who want more control over their search experience... you can use [its AI features] if you want to, but you can also avoid them entirely—and even use the browser to fight back against AI results on the web."
Kagi search results for the TypeScript "satisfies" operator, listing articles from LinkedIn, LogRocket, xjavascript.com (flagged with a warning and visually downranked)
Three social media posts on an orange background praising Kagi search. Gergely Orosz calls it "a paid search engine where you are the user and not the product sold to advertisers." David Vrensk recommends it for those who'd rather pay with their wallet than their "eyeballs, time and sanity." Viktor Glukozavr Kurochkin says he's used Kagi for almost a year and never looks back, preferring to pay a company directly over ad-driven ones.
"Kagi search result for Grokipedia (grokipedia.com), with an orange shield warning icon flagging the domain as user-reported AI slop
Cape x Kagi partnership graphic: "Talk, text, and now, search private." Cape subscribers get three months of Kagi Pro for private, ad-free search.
A three-panel collage showing guerrilla marketing flyers reading "Have you seen this dog?" with Kagi's cartoon dog mascot and tear-off tabs labeled "KAGI.COM," posted around Amsterdam and Boston locations including a sticker-covered post, a Google office building, and a canal-side pole
Animated numbers counting to 70000+ members strong in Kagi's brand colors, yellow and black
Quote graphic: "Kagi is simply better than Google, and is worth paying for." Attributed to Jason Koebler, 404 Media.
Cartoon comparing two cars: a patchwork vehicle weighed down by a large ball of "ads," "sponsored results," and "data mining" labeled "Other Search," next to a sleek yellow sports car labeled "Kagi"
A "Have You Seen This Dog?" flyer featuring the Kagi mascot taped to a wooden telephone pole, with tear-off tabs reading "KAGI.COM" along the bottom.
Screenshot of Kagi's search stats page showing the "Insights" tab selected, with a "Domain insights" leaderboard of blocked domains. The top six results are all Pinterest domains (pinterest.com, pinterest.co.uk, pinterest.de, pinterest.ca, pinterest.fr, pinterest.com.au), each shown with a purple popularity bar, with pinterest.com ranked highest.
Screenshot of a WIRED article by Steven Levy, dated May 22, 2026, headlined "Even If You Hate AI, You Will Use Google AI Search," with a subhead warning that the search giant's AI-crafted answers are so convenient users will be drawn in—to the detriment of the web and the artists and thinkers behind it.
Screenshot of the Kagi Privacy Pass browser extension popup, showing authentication mode set to "Incognito only" with status "Ready."
Hand-drawn comic titled "The Evolution of Search" comparing Google Then (just the result you want), Google Now (AI overviews, sponsored results, and clutter), and Kagi (the result you want, plus a cute dog).
Comic contrasting two search engines: on the left, a search query is filtered through funnels labeled Sponsored Results, Ads Ads Ads, AI Slop, and Data Mining, pouring into a bucket of dollar signs while a bucket labeled The Thing You Want sits empty; on the right, the query passes through a single Kagi funnel straight into The Thing You Want.
Kagi's mascot dog riding a yellow bike, surrounded by clouds
Testimonial quote from @emilyhustlenyc on Medium recommending Kagi as a paid, ad-free search engine that lets her downrank bad sites, uprank trusted ones, and find real solutions instead of sponsored links from her article "Best Paid Tools for Software Developers in 2026."
Promotional graphic for Kagi Translate showing a smartphone displaying the app with the tagline "Instant, Accurate, Contextual Translation" and an illustration of the Kagi dog mascot holding a globe. Surrounding text highlights four features: live voice-to-voice translations; pronunciations, etymology & synonyms; analysis of visual context of images; and ad-free with zero trackers. App Store and Google Play download buttons appear at the bottom.
Orion browser for Windows displaying the Wikipedia "Hoarding" article with a compact tab bar and favicons.
Kagi search bar with "Sports science" query and Academic lens enabled.
Screenshot of an enabled 'Share Lens Link' setting in Kagi, with a description explaining that it allows sharing a lens with other Kagi users via a shareable link.
Kagi search for "New fiction releases" with the Bookstores Lens active, showing a dropdown of Lens options and results from strandbooks.com
Gizmodo quote by Matthew Gault: "I resisted this one for a long time, but now that I've started using it I can't go back. Google search is broken and Kagi works like magic."
An illustration of Doggo, Kagi’s dog mascot, holding a glowing green lightsaber in one hand, with a determined expression to attempt to hit an orange ball, which is spinning towards him nearby. Doggo is standing against a gray background with abstract shapes and dark gray hills. The word "KAGI" is prominently displayed at the bottom in a bold, Star Wars font in yellow against a black background.
Android Authority pull-quote graphic highlighting Kagi's unique features like grouping listicles and blocking, prioritizing, or pinning specific domains in search results.
Screenshot of the Kagi developer dashboard Overview page showing $0.00 API usage, a 2/3 complete account activation checklist, and sections for managing billing, API keys, and accessing documentation and client libraries.
Kagi video search results for “cookie recipes” with a pop-up highlighting a Chef Billy Parisi video and ranking controls.
Quote graphic from Ars Technica by Lee Hutchinson, Senior Technology Editor: "It's a fantastic feeling to type in a search query and once again get useful, relevant, non-AI results (that I can customize!). It's a bit of sanity returning to my Internet experience."
Cartoon illustration with the text "Most search engines want to keep you scrolling. Kagi wants to set you free." Below, two stick figures exchange a glowing box labeled "what you were searching for"—one says "Found it! Now go and enjoy your day!" and the other replies "Perfect!"
Multiple mobile screenshots of the Kagi Small Web app displaying blog posts, topic filters, and content categories
Illustration of Kagi's doggo mascot holding a pen and writing in a "Guest book" while a small, round pink hamster, Pika's mascot, looks on.
New York Times headline reading "The Click That Cost $11,000 and Other Travel Pitfalls" with subheading about shady hotel booking sites, misleading customer service numbers, and hacked airline loyalty accounts snaring travelers.
Collection of Doggos in various activities, including riding a bike, reading a newspaper, and playing chess, on a dark background.
Kagi "Manage search AI features" settings panel showing Auto Quick Answer toggle and SlopStop options for filtering AI-generated content from search results.
Kagi URL Redirects settings showing a rule that rewrites reddit.com links to old.reddit.com.
Kagi's April Fools' homepage redesigned as a 1990s web portal, with a bright orange/yellow color scheme, starry border, retro logo, a "Fetch!" search button, nostalgic suggested searches like "Dial-up or ISDN?", sections for blog posts, app downloads, and community links, sidebar ads for Orion Browser and Kagi merch, and a deliberately broken PHP visitor counter in the footer.
Animated gif file showing how to use domain ranking on Kagi Search through the shield icon for each domain on the results page, displaying various adjustments such as blocking or pinning a domain
Testimonial quote on a black background with a yellow quotation mark icon at the top. The quote reads: "Kagi is an incredible search platform. The results are better than Google's, and I get to fine-tune them to my preferences and filters. No sneaky algorithm second-guessing what I want, no one trying to sell me stuff. None of that nonsense." Attributed to Sumeet Moghe.
Two-panel comic comparing internet models. Top panel: A massive blue "SUPERSTORE" building with "Everything is here" in an empty parking lot. Bottom panel: A lively street with small shops, colorful awnings, trees, and people socializing at outdoor tables. Caption: "Brought to you by Kagi's Small Web."
Kagi search bar with "@w" typed, showing a dropdown of matching snap codes including Wikipedia, Wolfram|Alpha, Wayback Machine, and others.
Filter Presets panel with the Politics topic selected and expanded, displaying 11 keyword tags including trump, biden, election, democrat, republican, congress, and senate. A collapsed Conflicts category with 12 keywords appears below.
Hand-drawn flowchart comparing two search engine payment models: free search that costs you data, ads, and poor results versus a small paid subscription that finds what you actually want.
Screenshot of Kagi's translation tool translating "I got a new job" into "LinkedIn speak," producing an overly enthusiastic corporate-style announcement with superlatives, gratitude, and a rocket emoji.