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YaCy

Summary

YaCy is a search engine[1]. YaCy draws 114 Wikipedia views per month (search_engine category, ranking #18 of 59).[2]

Key Facts

  • YaCy's image is recorded as Yacy-buscador.png[3].
  • YaCy's instance of is recorded as search engine[4].
  • YaCy's instance of is recorded as free software[5].
  • YaCy's logo image is recorded as YaCy logo.png[6].
  • YaCy's developer is recorded as Michael Christen[7].
  • YaCy's copyright license is recorded as GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later[8].
  • YaCy's programmed in is recorded as Java[9].
  • YaCy's software version identifier is recorded as 1.7[10].
  • YaCy's software version identifier is recorded as 1.82[11].
  • YaCy's software version identifier is recorded as 1.90[12].
  • YaCy's software version identifier is recorded as 1.92[13].
  • YaCy's software version identifier is recorded as 1.924[14].
  • YaCy's software version identifier is recorded as 1.930[15].
  • YaCy's has use is recorded as overlay network[16].
  • YaCy's Commons category is recorded as YaCy[17].
  • YaCy's platform is recorded as Java virtual machine[18].
  • +2004-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of YaCy[19].
  • YaCy's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0735xv[20].
  • YaCy's mascot is recorded as Kaskelix[21].
  • YaCy's official website is recorded as https://yacy.net/[22].
  • YaCy's source code repository URL is recorded as https://github.com/yacy/yacy_search_server[23].
  • YaCy's issue tracker URL is recorded as https://bugs.yacy.net/[24].
  • YaCy's Open Hub ID is recorded as yacy[25].
  • YaCy's X is recorded as yacy_search[26].
  • YaCy's subreddit is recorded as YaCy[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include search engine[4] and free software[5].

History and Context

+2004-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of YaCy[19].

Why It Matters

YaCy draws 114 Wikipedia views per month (search_engine category, ranking #18 of 59).[2] YaCy has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] YaCy is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

free software Java Java virtual machine

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . yacy.net. yacy.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Q364. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . yacy.net. Retrieved . yacy.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . yacy.net. Retrieved . yacy.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . yacy.net. Retrieved . yacy.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . yacy.net. Retrieved . yacy.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . yacy.net. Retrieved . yacy.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . yacy-websearch.net. yacy-websearch.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . api.github.com. Retrieved . api.github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). YaCy. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/yacy
MLA “YaCy.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/yacy.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_yacy_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{YaCy}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/yacy}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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