# populer.site

> Public curated website directory: browse sites by category, view screenshots, vote, bookmark, and comment. Optimized for humans and AI agents.

populer.site helps people and AI systems discover high-quality websites on the open web. Each entry includes title, URL, description, category, optional screenshot, and community engagement signals.

## Site

- Home / feed: https://populer.site/
- Website detail (by domain): https://populer.site/website/?id={domain}
- Example: https://populer.site/website/?id=github.com
- Profile (auth): https://populer.site/profile/

## Machine-readable APIs (public, no auth)

Prefer these for bulk ingestion over HTML scraping.

- List websites (paginated JSON): https://populer.site/api/v1/websites?page=1&size=100&status=ACTIVE
- Website by UUID: https://populer.site/api/v1/websites/{uuid}
- Categories: https://populer.site/api/v1/websites/categories
- AI-oriented catalog (compact JSON): https://populer.site/api/v1/websites/ai-catalog
- XML sitemap of public pages: https://populer.site/api/v1/websites/sitemap.xml

### List response fields (typical)

- uuid, title, description, url, image, screenshot, category, categoryUuid
- status, orderIndex, featured
- upvoteCount, downvoteCount, commentCount, bookmarkCount

### AI catalog fields

- domain, title, description, url, category, featured, screenshot, engagement counts

## Content policy for crawlers

- Public directory pages and public GET APIs may be indexed and used for search / answers.
- Do not crawl authenticated areas: /iam/, /login, /register, /api/v1/admin/
- Screenshots: https://populer.site/website-screenshot/*

## Contact / brand

- Site: https://populer.site/
- Name: populer.site
- Primary language: en

## Optional

- Web app manifest: https://populer.site/manifest.webmanifest
- robots.txt: https://populer.site/robots.txt