Best privacy Search engines

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c17s5qhuList by c17s5qhu, last updated 2025-03-28

  1. Decentralized

    Opensource software for a search engine that can have open instances as allowing you to selfhost the software.

  2. SearXNG icon

    SearXNG

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    most feature rich settings and search solutions.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Arch Linux
    • Fedora
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • Docker
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  3. Whoogle Search icon

    Whoogle Search

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    Get Google search results, but without any ads, javascript, AMP links, cookies, or IP address tracking. Easily deployable in one click as a Docker app, and customizable with a single config file. Quick and simple to implement as a primary search engine replacement on both...

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  4. YaCy icon

    YaCy

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    YaCy is a free search engine that anyone can use to build a search portal for their intranet or to help search the public internet. When contributing to the world-wide peer network, the scale of YaCy is limited only by the number of users in the world and can index billions of...

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    +6
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  5. LibreX icon

    LibreX

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    LibreX gives you results from Google, Qwant, Ahmia and popular torrent sites without spying on you.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  6. Centralized

    Open for direct use.

  7. Startpage icon

    Startpage

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    The google proxy. Hosted in The Netherlands. GDPR compliant. Has the feauture to open websites in a sandbox, anonymously. Search by country. Fast and Reliable. No trackers.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Tor
    • Mozilla Firefox
    Dark theme
    Light theme
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    +1
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  8. DuckDuckGo icon

    DuckDuckGo

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    One of most famous Privacy friendly search engines. I would just be mindful of the Microsoft trackers.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Vivaldi
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • F-Droid
    • Yandex Browser
    • Tor
    • Opera
    • Mozilla Firefox
    DuckDuckGo Homepage
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    +16
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  9. Qwant icon

    Qwant

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    Hosted in France. GDPR compliant. Search by country. Fast and Reliable. No trackers.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
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    +5
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This list was created by c17s5qhu Feb 13, 2025 and was last updated Mar 28, 2025. The list has 7 apps.

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Comments

Jenny
•Apr 29, 2025
0

Brave should be included, it's the only good thing except for his browser...

Darlene Sonalder
•Feb 15, 2025
2

Ecosia has poor privacy policy unfortunately and Qwant is currently in a legal process in France for sending not that well anonymized data to the US (Microsoft Bing)

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