Best privacy Search engines

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  1. Decentralized

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

  2. SearXNG icon
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    most feature rich settings and search solutions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Arch Linux
    • Fedora
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • Cloudron
    • Docker
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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  3. degoog icon
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    A new fork of SearXNG, Simplified and more in the style of Google. Extra features can be enabled as a plugin.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Docker
    • Proxmox Virtual Environment
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  4. YaCy icon
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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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  5. Centralized

    Open for direct use.

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    Same like xPrivo, no American CDN hosten by IONOS, Search software is SearXNG randomized the public instances to find your results.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
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  7. I perfer xPrivo for the main reason that they not use any American big tech as a CDN. And they are privacy focused. German

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  8. Startpage icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Tor
    • Mozilla Firefox
    Dark theme
    Light theme
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  9. Heexy icon
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    Heexy is a search engine designed to provide users with a fast and easy way to search the web. This search engine uses advanced algorithms to provide relevant results, and its clean and user-friendly interface makes it easy to use for anyone.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    Dark mode
    Light mode with bangs
    Amoled dark mode with bangs
  10. One of most famous Privacy friendly search engines. I would just be mindful of the Microsoft trackers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Vivaldi
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • F-Droid
    • Yandex Browser
    • Tor
    • Opera
    • Mozilla Firefox
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  11. Qwant icon
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    Hosted in France by OVH. GDPR compliant. Search by country. Fast and Reliable. No trackers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • HUAWEI AppGallery
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
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  12. Delivers private, independent search with an exclusive index, no tracking or profiling, transparent result ranking, browser integration, and image search.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Tor
    • Brave
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Comments

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

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c17s5qhu

Agreed. It has been added.

Darlene Sonalder
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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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