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LYNX — An independent, privacy-focused web search engine — no query logs, explainable ranking, and crawler ethics as a structural constraint.

v0.1.0Oct 2026Design release
  • Two-plane architecture split: query plane never touches untrusted content, crawl plane never sees a user query
  • Threat model with 35 numbered threats, each with impact, likelihood, mitigation and residual risk
  • Privacy model: five rules, four mechanisms, and a data inventory with a retention class per category
  • Ranking design with named BM25F field weights and an explainability contract
  • SSRF defence specified as layered, IP-authoritative, and re-run at every redirect hop
  • Data model: 30+ entities with a schema-level guarantee that no table can hold a search query
v0.1.0-rcSep 2026Scaffolding
  • Cargo and pnpm workspaces with unsafe_code forbidden workspace-wide
  • Local Docker Compose stack including an adversarial fixture origin for gzip bombs and private-address redirects
  • Ten GitHub Actions workflows and a make verify gate with a privacy guard job
  • Supply-chain controls: pinned toolchain, cargo deny, SBOMs, images pinned by digest