[OuterVale]

No stress at all.

I made it for two main reasons. Firstly, I didn't want to burn through my limited Kagi trial searches. Secondly, I wanted to use bangs and snaps with search engines that don't support them.

I built it first and foremost as a tool for myself, and I don't have any explicit plans to monetise it. Donations are always appreciated though.

Privacy-wise, I can't see what you search, as all the site does is run some client-side JavaScript that constructs a simple URL based on your parameters, then directs you there. No back-end server or tracking or whatnot.

[njroute22]

Cool - thanks for the response. I do have a question though - when you say "I didn't want to burn through my limited Kagi trial searches..." How does using your engine overlay not use up the Kagi searches? I found that I still had to login to Kagi in order for it to work - thus using up my limited (100 searches per month) level. Please explain!

[OuterVale]

You can see Kagi's details on what counts as a search here: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/faq/faq.html#how-are-searches-cou...

I log into Kagi but usually don't have it as my default engine. I can search with DuckDuckGo or Google and then only jump over to Kagi with a bang when I really need to, which helps preserve my limited searches. While Kagi doesn't count bang searches, which could let me use it as a default, I'm an idiot and will forget/mistype, which causes an accidental usage.

I also found Kagi's snaps very useful, but being able to use them with other engines means I don't have to burn a Kagi search just to use them.