The web is wider than your feed.

Beachcomb brings up pages from all over the web: articles, personal sites, interactive things and useful tools, made by all kinds of people in all kinds of ways. Then it sends you straight to them.

Straight to the source

Beachcomb never summarizes a page instead of sending you to it. Every find opens the original site in a new tab and credits its maker whenever the source names one.

No popularity contest

No likes, no trending, nothing ranked by clicks or by how new it is.

You steer it

Keep what you love, ask for more or less. No account, nothing to sign up for.

Where the finds wash up from

Beachcomb reads these lists and feeds, each one kept by people who care about the independent web. They're worth a visit of their own.

Articlesquantamagazine.orgQuanta MagazineClear, deep writing on maths, physics, biology and computer science.Artthisiscolossal.comColossalArt, craft and visual culture from makers around the world.Websites512kb.club512KB ClubWebsites that weigh less than half a megabyte.Blogskagi.comKagi Small WebFresh posts from personal blogs and small sites.Toolstinytools.directoryTiny Tools DirectorySmall, focused tools from independent makers.Projectsnews.ycombinator.comShow HNThings people built, shared with Hacker News.Interactiveexplorabl.esExplorable ExplanationsInteractive essays you learn from by playing.Interactivencase.meNicky CasePlayable explainers about people, trust and systems.Visual essayspudding.coolThe PuddingVisual essays that explain ideas with data.Linkswaxy.orgWaxy.org linksAndy Baio's links to the web's interesting corners.Essayspublicdomainreview.orgThe Public Domain ReviewCurious art and writing from the public domain.Personal sitespersonalsit.espersonalsit.esA directory of people's own websites.Interactivegithub.comAwesome ExplorablesA community list of interactive explanations.Youbeachcomb.org/suggestYour findKnow a page worth finding? Suggest it, and it can wash up here too.

I started Beachcomb when search began answering questions with an AI summary instead of a list of sites. The answers still came from someone's page, but fewer people ever visited it. Beachcomb goes the other way: it shows you what it found, then sends you to the people who made it.

Fred, who makes Beachcomb

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Thank you: it's why Beachcomb exists. If you'd like a different credit, a correction or to take it down, write to [email protected].

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