About
Explaining the Interneto Project
The name Interneto derives from “Inter-communicated Networks”, with the O representing closed circular connections.
Started in 2020 by David7ce as a curated web directory. Has since grown into a broader resource-discovery site: a toolbox (cross-platform package installer + OS/library compatibility tables) and a blog (posts/docs) alongside the directory.
Why Curation
Indexing the whole web is intractable — of an estimated 1–2 billion registered domains, fewer than ~200 million are actively maintained (Netcraft, Majestic Million). Interneto uses selective curation: functional relevance, technical value, signal over noise.
Historical Context
Earlier manual indexes — DMOZ, Curlie — struggled with scale and human moderation. Search engines and AI interfaces now dominate discovery, optimizing retrieval over structure. Curated directories still offer: low infrastructure overhead, privacy (no tracking), high signal density, independence from SEO incentives, portability. They function more like knowledge bases than search engines.
Structure vs Discoverability
| Approach | Strength | Limitation |
|---|---|---|
| Hierarchical | Predictable | Rigid |
| Tag-based | Flexible | Can get noisy |
| Search-driven | Fast | Weak global structure |
Interneto: hierarchical categories + tags + static export.
Related Projects
AlternativeTo, FMHY, Eylenburg — these emphasize breadth and community contribution; Interneto focuses narrower: structured classification, long-term knowledge organization.
Perspective
Interneto doesn’t index whole web. Treats it as high-entropy system — value from selective filtering and structure.
A smaller, well-structured subset of the web can be more useful than an exhaustive but unstructured whole.