What Datum is
Datum is a free web index: a hand-drafted drawing of 796 websites drawn up across 22 sheets. It is run the old way — by people who actually read each site — and it is free to browse and free to join.
How sites are drafted
Every entry is drafted by hand. We give each site a plain name, a direct link and a short line on where it leads, then file it onto the sheet it belongs to. We revise the sheets from time to time and strike off anything that has gone offline.
Submitting your own site
Run a website? Submit it in under a minute. Add your URL, choose a sheet, and you are on the drawing. There is no fee now and there never will be — Datum is free for good.
What we don’t do
No trackers, no pop-ups, no pay-to-rank. Datum is a calm, legible index — the opposite of an algorithmic search box. Just a drawing you can read and trust.