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Small Web

The internet is vast, but the most interesting corners are often the hardest to find. Beneath the surface of social media feeds and algorithm-driven content lies a quieter, more personal web — thousands of independent blogs, personal websites, and small creative projects maintained by real people who write because they have something to say, not because they have something to sell.

This is what people call the Small Web.

Small Web mode in WebLibre helps you discover these sites. Instead of searching for something specific, you let the browser surprise you with a random page from a curated collection of independent voices. Each discovery takes you somewhere new — a personal blog you have never heard of, a hand-drawn comic, an indie video, or a quiet corner of someone’s homepage.

What Is the Small Web?

The Small Web is an informal term for the part of the internet made up of personal websites, independent blogs, and small projects. These sites share a few things in common:

  • They are created by individuals, not companies

  • They do not contain ads or tracking

  • They are written for the love of sharing, not for profit

  • They often cover niche topics in depth — from retro computing to birdwatching to homemade recipes

The Small Web stands in contrast to the corporate web of platforms, algorithms, and engagement metrics. It is the web as it was originally imagined: a place where anyone can publish and anyone can discover.

If you have ever wished you could just stumble onto something interesting the way you used to on the early internet, Small Web mode is built for exactly that.

How It Works

You can enter Small Web mode from the browser menu. This opens a dedicated tab with its own interface, replacing the standard toolbar with controls designed for discovery.

The core action is simple: tap Discover to load a random page from the current source. Each tap picks a page you have not seen recently. You can also bookmark pages you enjoy, view your recent discoveries, and switch between different content sources and modes.

When you exit Small Web mode, the dedicated tab closes and you return to normal browsing.

Content Sources

Small Web mode pulls content from two independent sources, each with a different approach to curation.

Kagi Small Web

Kagi Small Web is a curated feed maintained by Kagi. It indexes thousands of personal blogs, indie YouTube channels, and web comics. Sites are community-submitted and must meet strict quality guidelines: no ads, no AI-generated content, no corporate blogs, and YouTube channels must not post more than twice per week.

Kagi Small Web offers five browsing modes:

Mode What You Will Find

Web

Recent posts from personal blogs across all topics

Appreciated

A curated selection of especially well-received posts from the community

Videos

Content from independent YouTube creators (channels with fewer than 400,000 subscribers)

Code

Open source projects, code snippets, and technical articles from personal sites

Comics

Independently created web comics and illustrations (no AI-generated art)

You can switch between these modes from the Small Web menu.

Category Filters

When browsing the Web mode, you can narrow your discoveries by topic. Categories are grouped into three sections:

Tech & Science

AI, Programming, Technology, Sysadmin & Security, Web & Internet, Hardware, DIY & Making, Science

Culture & Creative

Art & Design, Essays, Humanities, Retro, Photography, Pop Culture, Gaming, Health & Fitness

Life & World

Society, Life & Personal, Food & Drink, Travel & Outdoors, Politics, Economy

Select a category to focus on a specific area of interest. Deselect it to return to unfiltered browsing across all categories.

Wander

Wander takes a different approach. Unlike Kagi Small Web which focuses on blogs, comics, and videos, Wander accepts any small websites. It is a decentralised network where each participating site hosts a "console" — a list of pages the site owner recommends, along with links to other consoles.

When you discover pages through Wander:

  • WebLibre starts at a seed console and fetches its list of recommended pages

  • Each console also links to neighboring consoles, forming a network

  • As you discover more pages, the network of known consoles grows

  • Each discovery takes you to a page recommended by one of these consoles

This means the pages you see depend on which part of the Wander network you are exploring. Two users starting from different consoles may discover entirely different corners of the web.

Browsing Consoles

You can browse the list of consoles that WebLibre has discovered so far. Toggle between Linked consoles (direct neighbors of the current console) and All consoles (the entire discovered network), search by name, or jump to a random console.

You can also add consoles manually by URL. Tap the add button and enter the URL of a Wander console — this can be either the site root or the /wander/ path.

Discovery History

WebLibre keeps track of the pages you have visited during Small Web sessions. You can revisit any previous discovery from the menu, or clear your history for a specific mode or all at once.

The discovery algorithm avoids showing you pages you have seen recently, so the more you explore, the deeper into the small web you go.

Settings

You can choose what type of tab opens when you enter Small Web mode: Normal, Private, or Container. The default is Private, meaning your Small Web browsing is not saved to your regular history. Find this under Settings > Browsing > Small Web Tab Default. Using a Container isolates Small Web browsing from your other tabs.

Works Well With

  • Bookmarks — Save interesting discoveries for later

  • Containers — Isolate Small Web browsing from your other sessions

  • Reader Mode — Get a cleaner reading experience on article-style pages you discover

Tips

  • Start with Kagi Web mode if you are not sure where to begin — it has the broadest selection

  • Use Appreciated mode when you want higher-quality, community-vetted posts

  • Try Wander for a more serendipitous experience — the decentralised network means you never know quite where you will end up

  • Switch categories often to avoid getting stuck in one topic area

  • Bookmark pages you enjoy — the Small Web is full of sites worth revisiting

  • If a page does not load in Wander mode, it may be because the site blocks embedding — just discover the next one

Learn More

Kagi Small Web
Wander