is it really FOSS?

Answer Overflow

A project to make Discord channels searchable

Nope!
Not FOSS but there are FOSS related licensing, marketing, or transparency issues.

Details

The project is provided under a Functional Source License (FSL), Version 1.1, which switches to MIT after two years. This FSL license prevents use and distribution where it may compete with the author.

The project advertises itself as open source on its website and in their docs.

The projects appears to be funded by providing the software as a service, including an ad-supported variant.

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