# kagisearch/kite-public

Open source repository for Kite, news app by Kagi.

Repository: https://github.com/kagisearch/kite-public
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kite-public
Homepage: https://news.kagi.com
Language: Svelte
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: kagi, news
Last push: 2026-05-12T18:25:12+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 59/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 82, release rhythm 35, longevity 48
- inputs: {"age_days": 672, "days_push": 113, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1064, forks 266 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:26.447146+00:00)

## What it is
Kite is the open-source front-end for Kagi News, a web news application that delivers daily curated, LLM-summarized news stories from diverse sources with no ads or tracking. The repository contains the Svelte-based web app, community-curated feed definitions, and media information, while the underlying data is served from kite.kagi.com.

## Use cases
- read a daily curated news digest without ads or tracking
- self-host a minimal news reader front-end
- contribute community-curated news feeds
- build a custom client on top of Kagi News JSON data
- get multi-perspective summaries of top stories

## When to choose
- you want a calm, once-a-day news reading experience
- you want to self-host or customize the Kagi News front-end
- you want to contribute feeds or media metadata to the project

## When to avoid
- you need real-time breaking news or continuous updates
- you want a fully self-contained news pipeline (data is served by Kagi under CC BY-NC)
- you need commercial use of the news data without licensing it

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: web-framework, static-site-generator, search-engine, nlp
- domain: web-development, frontend, media
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: news-app, svelte, kagi, news-aggregation, ad-free, privacy, llm-summaries, curated-feeds, news, web-server, nodejs

## Member repositories
- kagisearch/kite-public (main) score 59

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:26.447146+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:56:04.881294+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/kagisearch/kite-public (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:26.447146+00:00, sha 61109cec3a65)
  - homepage: https://news.kagi.com (fetched 2026-08-29T12:57:45.010960+00:00, sha 4fb196260356)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.