YaCy Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to YaCy for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is SearXNG, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to YaCy and three of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to YaCy are Whoogle Search and Sosse.

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YaCy alternatives are mainly Web Search Engines, but if you're looking for Image Search Engines or Privacy Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Android. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to YaCy.
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    • Proprietary

    Private, ad-free meta-search engine with no tracking, no query logging, and no personal data collection. Supports both web and image search, allows domain/TLD personalization, is fully EU-based, offers a monthly pay-as-you-use model, and includes night mode for users.

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  1. SearXNG icon
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    Metasearch engine aggregating results from up to 251 services, offering strong privacy, no tracking, encrypted connections, Tor access, script and cookie flexibility, customizable engines, support for 58 languages, and user-selectable light or dark themes.

    103 SearXNG alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Arch Linux
    • Fedora
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • Cloudron
    • Docker
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
     
  2. Whoogle Search icon
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    Ad-free, privacy-focused meta-search providing Google results without tracking, JavaScript, cookies, or AMP links, supporting proxies and autocomplete. Customizable, Docker-deployable, mobile-ready, with theme options and additional privacy features.

    90 Whoogle Search alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  3. Sosse icon
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    SOSSE (Selenium Open Source Search Engine) is a search engine and crawler written in Python, distributed under the GNU-AGPLv3 license. It is hosted on both Gitlab and Github site, please use any of them to open feature requests, bug report or merge requests, or open a discussion.

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