Neighbo

Neighbo is a Melbourne-focused search engine being built to help people find information about their city, with a particular connection to Brunswick and its neighbourhoods. Created by Charlie Gutjahr, the project aims to provide an accurate, reliable way to explore Melbourne, using local knowledge and data to build its service from the street level up. Neighbo’s development includes work on user experience and visual design, alongside efforts to make its information more comprehensive through data from sources including Meta, Microsoft and FourSquare.

The project also describes how it will contribute neighbourhood data to OpenStreetMap and considers the responsibilities involved in operating a platform. Neighblog, Neighbo’s publication, shares updates on the search engine’s progress as well as stories about Brunswick, technology, data and community. Readers can subscribe to receive new articles and updates, and contact the team by email.

Made by neighbours in Melbourne, on Wurundjeri Country, Neighbo presents itself as a locally grounded project preparing to launch its search engine in 2026