Wiby: weird website review & sites like it

Wiby is a search engine for the classic web. It searches a hand-picked index of simple, old-school pages, and its Surprise Me button serves up a random one. It is the closest thing we know of to randomly wandering the 1990s web, with the hand-built pages, the quirky homepages and the personal obsessions.

Try searching for a topic you like, or skip straight to Surprise Me and see where you land. Because the index is curated, the results are small personal sites rather than commercial pages, which makes every click a possible discovery. It is a project that has stayed independent and ad-free in its design.

It works on phones as well as desktops. Treat it as a rabbit hole. Think of Wiby as a pointer: the surprise is whatever it points to, which is outside its control, so use ordinary caution with the pages it sends you to. Our directory covers similar ground in the nostalgia category.

Tips for getting the most out of it

Hit Surprise Me repeatedly.
Search for a hobby and see what appears.
Use normal caution with any page it sends you to.

Questions about Wiby

What is Wiby?

Wiby is a search engine for the classic web that indexes simple, old-school pages. Its Surprise Me button takes you to a random one. You can find it at wiby.me, and odd-sites.com lists it as a long rabbit-hole visit. It works on phones as well as computers.

Is Wiby the same as Google?

No. Wiby searches a hand-picked index of simple, old-style websites rather than the whole web, so the results are smaller and more personal. We check the link daily, so you can see whether it is still alive. It is free to open in a browser, with nothing to install.