4get
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This is a metasearch engine that gets results from other engines, and strips away all of the tracking parameters and Microsoft/globohomo bullshit they add. Most of the other alternatives to Google jack themselves off about being ""privacy respecting"" or...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
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- Online
- Tor
- Self-Hosted
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The developer lolcat (u/Main_Attention_7764 on Reddit) uses this codebase and his other projects/platforms to push authoritarian messaging. The codebase is available to audit on their private git server, but anyone interested in privacy and anonymizing their internet presence should be wary of code written by someone who promotes authoritarian views.
- Danilo Venom added Meta-Search as a feature to 4get
- RemovedUser updated 4get
Selfhosting
Selfhosting is where you're hosting your own websites, apps, software, tools, and much more on your own server instead of having to rely on 3rd-party cloud providers such as Hetzner. Taking this approach to hosting gives you more control over your data and how your server or servers are managed.
When you are running multiple things on one or two servers, within your home, it's called a "Homelab" and you're "Homelabbing" at that point.
Running your own server and homelab within your home is great for privacy-conscious individuals such as myself, tech enthusiasts, small businesses, and those seeking more control of their digital life.
The following lists provided here are applications and software I've gotten comfortable with and enjoyed using over the past 3 and a half years since I started homelabbing, it's based on my experience and what fits my criteria. Some well known softwares won't be listed here, as my experience may of not been at best with them.
My criteria is that software is built in the open, respects user privacy and security, should not require a license to operate, and don't contain profanity and other minor things.
I'm also willing to test new software to selfhost, feel free to comment or message me to try out other alternatives.
There are other places to check out as well for those interesting selfhosting, such as Awesome Selfhosted, selfh.st, and other places you can find on the internet.
https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted
https://github.com/awesome-foss/awesome-sysadmin
https://github.com/veggiemonk/awesome-docker
If you ever need help with selfhosting, you can check out the following communities:
Homelab Community on Fluxer, I personally run
/r/selfhosted (Reddit)
/c/selfhosted (Lemmy / Fediverse)
There's also a wiki you can look into as well.
If you believe an alternative software should be added to this list, please contact me or direct message via my AlternativeTo account. I'm also available on Signal.
This lists gets updated every month at least, check back regularly.
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An easy to configure meta-search engine that is also light on resources. Uses minimal JS and most instances have a Tor version available. Be wary that high traffic instances have a plain image captcha wall on searches based on the webmaster's interests.
Was a pretty solid search engine until one of the bot-prevention captchas had a cropped depiction of a bird seductively showing it's cloaca. If you don't mind that along with all these other reviews about being right-winged, then feel free to try this service.
The developer lolcat (u/Main_Attention_7764 on Reddit) uses this codebase and his other projects/platforms to push authoritarian messaging. The codebase is available to audit on their private git server, but anyone interested in privacy and anonymizing their internet presence should be wary of code written by someone who promotes authoritarian views.
And what are these "authoritarian" views exactly?
A lightweight, privacy focus and fast open source search engine. You can select a wide range of providers as search, images, and news.
It just needs multi language and regional support in the settings and it would be the perfect search engine for me.
HOMOPHOBIC AND RIGHT-WING SEARCH ENGINE DONT USE!!!!
"globohomo bullshit" in the description and julius evola appears on the homescreen, this is just a right wing alt tech product which leeches off of other search engines, avoid
Funny little (literally lightweight) search engine that definitely delivers its promise: grab search results from other search engines (even
Brave Search ) without compromising your privacy.
Note that some instances may be slow, push anti-robot captchas out, and/or just not workable with certain scrapers. There are instances out there that'll play better than others, so experiment with that if you need to for a smooth experience.