Question 1

What is Jiro?

Accepted Answer

Jiro is a free, self-hosted search API built for AI agents—your own web search endpoint delivering structured results without per-query costs, shared rate limits, or third-party logging.

Question 2

Why self-host search for agents?

Accepted Answer

Search is usually an agent's most-called tool. Self-hosting removes per-query bills, rate-limit failures at fleet scale, and sends no record of your agents' research to outside parties.

Question 3

Is Jiro really free?

Accepted Answer

The software is free to self-host; your costs are the infrastructure you run it on. Verify current licensing with the project's release.

Question 4

Jiro vs Serper, Tavily, or Exa?

Accepted Answer

Hosted providers offer better-maintained indexes and zero ops at per-query prices; Jiro trades that for cost-at-volume, privacy, and no rate limits. Many teams run both, routing by sensitivity and volume.

Jiro: Own the Search Endpoint Your Agents Query

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