Alternatives to Google

Searx is a metasearch engine, aggregating the results of other search engines while not storing information about its users.

Why use Searx?

• Searx may not offer you as personalised results as Google, but it doesn't generate a profile about you
• Searx doesn't care about what you search for, never shares anything with a third party, and it can't be used to compromise you
• Searx is free software, the code is 100% open and you can help to make it better. See more on GitHub

If you do care about privacy, want to be a conscious user, or otherwise believe in digital freedom, make Searx your default search engine or run it on your own server

Technical details - How does it work?

Searx is a metasearch engine, inspired by the seeks project.
It provides basic privacy by mixing your queries with searches on other platforms without storing search data. Queries are made using a POST request on every browser (except chrome*). Therefore they show up in neither our logs, nor your URL history. In case of Chrome* users there is an exception, Searx uses the search bar to perform GET requests.
Searx can be added to your browser's search bar; moreover, it can be set as the default search engine.

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