Google Search Alternatives for Linux

Google Search is not available for Linux but there are some alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is Searx, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Google Search and five of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Google Search are SearXNG, YaCy, Whoogle Search and Groot Web Search Engine.

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  1. Searx icon

    Searx

     300 likes

    Searx is a free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from more than 70 search services. Users are neither tracked nor profiled. Additionally, searx can be used over Tor for online anonymity.

    102 Searx alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    Searx vs Google Search Comments
    Top Positive Comment
    John Fastman
    7

    Searx is open-source. Its business model doesn't involve recording everything you search for and using this to build a profile of all your browsing and then selling that information. Searx is a privacy-respecting search engine, similar in its goals to DuckDuckGo and Startpage.

    Guest
    Positive
    4

    Customizable, protect you from tracking and still provide good search result.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    3

    Multiple search engines, including ones you run yourself (like YaCy or Solr) can be plugged into it. The API also makes it possible to carry out your own linguistic analyses of search results to improve accuracy.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    3 of 5 comments
    • Searx is Free and Open SourceGoogle Search is Free and Proprietary
    • Searx is Customizable, Decentralized and Privacy focusedGoogle Search is not according to our users
  2. SearXNG icon

    SearXNG

     133 likes

    SearXNG is a free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from various search services and databases. Users are neither tracked nor profiled.

    105 SearXNG alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Arch Linux
    • Fedora
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • Docker
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
    • Cloudron
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    SearXNG vs Google Search Comments
    Third Opinion
    Positive
    0

    Works without javascript. One just have to find a good instance and tune it a bit. All instances have occasional outages but then you can blame google (again!)...

    • SearXNG is Free and Open SourceGoogle Search is Free and Proprietary
    • SearXNG is Decentralized, Privacy focused and LightweightGoogle Search is not according to our users
  4. YaCy icon

    YaCy

     146 likes

    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...

    91 YaCy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    YaCy vs Google Search Comments
    paulodelgado
    Negative
    3

    Doesn't work out of the box.

    • YaCy is Free and Open SourceGoogle Search is Free and Proprietary
    • YaCy is Decentralized, Privacy focused and LightweightGoogle Search is not according to our users
  5. Whoogle Search icon

    Whoogle Search

     35 likes

    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.

    91 Whoogle Search alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  6. Groot Web Search Engine icon

    Groot Web Search Engine

     4 likes

    This is a very fast and clutter free internet search engine. Get your results instantly and without any fuss.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Windows Mobile
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Kindle Fire
    • Chromecast
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