That’s really cool, and very smart. Definitely a cut above the neocities one. I think I’ll swap over to use searloc as my default instead. Thanks for the clarification! :)

So this is basically doing what https://searx.neocities.org/ is doing? Or is it going some step beyond? Neat project

It’s just image files, you can remove them or replace the images with something more corporate. The author does state they’d prefer you didn’t change the pictures, but the license doesn’t require adhering to their personal request. I know at least 2 sites I’ve visited previously had Anubis running with a generic checkmark or X that replaced the mascot

IRC could work as a backend for text chat, Twitch based their chat system on that and heavily modified things. Jitsi, or Jami support video out of the box. Could probably also roll your own with XMPP and WebRTC