About Kloufi

What is Kloufi?

Kloufi is a search engine that looks for public data on Algerian classifieds and e-shop websites and displays it in milliseconds. Users get every listing related to real estate, cars, electronics and even job offers in real time. Agencies, business people and the public usually have to browse many sites; Kloufi brings the results that meet your needs to one place, with filters to narrow down what you are looking for.

Once you have found the listing you want, one click on the button takes you to the source, the site that published the ad, to get the seller's details.

Why the name Kloufi?

Every Algerian or North African understands that a "kloufi" is a curious person, someone who looks into everything and knows things from many sources. This is what the site does: it finds information from different sources and shows it to you the way you need it.

Kloufi was built by a team of young Algerians passionate about modern technologies, who gathered long experience building information-system infrastructures for companies such as SNCF, Société Générale, Dassault Systèmes and Natixis (BPCE group).

The purpose of the project is to pave the way for big data and artificial intelligence in the Algerian market, for the benefit of consumers.

For users

Kloufi's first goal is to make searching easier and centralised: no more going from site to site to run the same search without being able to compare or sort. One search on Kloufi returns the public information of every indexed site; for details and private information such as contact details, you are sent to the source site.

For source sites

Kloufi gives websites and new start-ups a chance to emerge and to receive visits from interested people. It also helps high-quality ads convert, which encourages others to improve the way they publish, so Algerian sites fill up with quality listings.

For professionals

Kloufi organises public information and gives professionals and business owners a way to filter data, so they get good deals without wasting time browsing ads that do not suit them.

In a few clicks you can exclude ads without pictures or without a price, set a budget in dinars or in another currency at the rate you choose, and add many other filters before searching, to get accurate results from many Algerian websites.

For the authorities

The site can serve as a gateway for the authorities to exercise their duties and protect citizens: for instance, Kloufi helps find stolen items quickly through filters and modern techniques, and provides statistics on the Algerian market that help the government understand it and take the right economic measures.

What makes Kloufi different

Besides the filters, Kloufi is a smart search engine that is easy to use: you do not need a degree. It understands the mistakes you make while searching; write "appartomou", "apart" or "partma" instead of "apartment" and Kloufi still shows you apartments. Use Arabic or Latin letters, spell it right or wrong: Kloufi understands.

Specialised

Kloufi is a search engine with a specific scope, unlike general engines such as Google or Yahoo. This version covers five categories: real estate, cars, electronics, home appliances and job offers, and may grow to more.

Big data

The project uses modern big-data technologies to analyse structured, semi-structured and unstructured data and to restructure it into one shape, for a unique user experience. The mass of data we process today is not huge yet, but the engine's infrastructure scales horizontally as the amount of information grows.

Machine learning

Kloufi has a goal similar to ours: to learn from its environment, and especially from its users. Future versions will bring machine learning and artificial intelligence to provide impressive services and a unique search experience; in this version Kloufi is still at the stage of observing and recording.

A new IT generation

This project paves the way for programming and development enthusiasts to show what they can do, and gives them the opportunity to learn and work on a large project. Its first and real aim is to help our country develop and to give young people the opportunity to work and prove themselves at home. We want to give Algerians a valuable product, push other websites to improve their services and create real competition for the benefit of local users, because Algerians deserve quality Algerian products, under the slogan #Improve_the_attitude_Improve_the_country.