Marginalia Search Alternatives

Marginalia Search is described as 'This is an independent DIY search engine that focuses on non-commercial content, and attempts to show you sites you perhaps weren't aware of in favor of the sort of sites you probably already knew existed' and is a web search engine in the online services category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Marginalia Search, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Android, iPhone, iPad and Self-Hosted apps. The best Marginalia Search alternative is DuckDuckGo, which is free. Other great sites and apps similar to Marginalia Search are Brave Search, SearXNG, Startpage and Google Search.

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Marginalia Search alternatives page was last updated Mar 3, 2025
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  1. Surfshark Search icon

    Surfshark Search

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    Surfshark Search is a web service that provides private, ad-free browsing. It's part of Surfshark One and prevents tracking and targeted ads, ensuring your searches remain private.

    License model

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • NL flagNetherlands
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    Surfshark Search screenshot 1

    Surfshark Search Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  Incognito mode

    Surfshark Search VS Marginalia Search

     

    • Surfshark Search is the most popular commercial alternative to Marginalia Search.

    • Surfshark Search is Paid and ProprietaryMarginalia Search is Free and Open Source
  2. Gigablast icon

    Gigablast

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    A distributed open source search engine and spider/crawler written in C/C++ for Linux on Intel/AMD.

    91 Gigablast alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Gigablast screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    Outdated, no updates and website is down: https://github.com/gigablast/open-source-search-engine/issues/200

    Gigablast Features

    1.  Search operators
    2.  Indexed search
    3.  Distributed

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  4. Onion Search Engine icon

    Onion Search Engine

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    Onion Search Engine Browser has been developed for protect your privacy and for fast browsing internet in safe and anonymous. Onion Search Engine Browser has been designed to protect your privacy while browsing the internet.

    68 Onion Search Engine alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
    Onion Search Engine screenshot 1

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    Surfshark Search

    Surfshark Search is a web service that provides private, ad-free browsing. It's part of https://alternativeto.net/software/surfshark-one/about/ and prevents tracking and targeted ads, ensuring your searches remain private.

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  6. Heexy icon

    Heexy

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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.

    51 Heexy alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • CZ flagCzechia
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Online
    Dark mode

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Privacy focused
    4.  User friendly
    5.  Minimalistic
    6.  Easy to use
    7.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  No Censorship
    4.  Fast speed
    5.  No Tracking
    6.  Block Trackers
    7.  Full-Text Search
    8.  No Logs
    9.  Dark Mode
    10.  Decentralized
    11.  Mobile friendly
    12.  Filter search results

    Heexy VS Marginalia Search

     
  7. Clew Search icon

    Clew Search

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    We focus on writing by independent creators. There's no point in indexing Wikipedia; it has its own perfectly serviceable search bar.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

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  8. MillionShort icon

    MillionShort

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    Million Short is an experimental web search engine (really, more of a discovery engine) that allows you to REMOVE the top million (or top 100k, 10k, 1k, 100) sites from the results set. We thought it might be somewhat interesting to see what we'd find if we just removed an...

    85 MillionShort alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Country of Origin

    • CA flagCanada

    Platforms

    • Online
    MillionShort screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    MillionShort seems no longer actively developed since 2018. The service is still working and usable

    MillionShort Features

    1.  Safari extension

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  10. Torry Search Engine icon

    Torry Search Engine

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    Search Anonymously with Tor.

    48 Torry Search Engine alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
    Torry Search Engine screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Tor

    Torry Search Engine VS Marginalia Search

     
  11. Right Dao icon

    Right Dao

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    Do you use a search engine that tracks your searches, collects your data, profiles your online activity, and makes a profit off your personal information? Do you use a search engine that censors and suppresses publicly available information in order to present a distorted...

    31 Right Dao alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    Right Dao screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Right Dao VS Marginalia Search

     
  12. Common Crawl icon

    Common Crawl

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    Common Crawl builds and maintains an open repository of web crawl data that can be accessed and analyzed by anyone

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    Common Crawl screenshot 1

    Common Crawl Features

    1.  Crawler

    Common Crawl VS Marginalia Search

     
  13. Seznam.cz icon

    Seznam.cz

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    A web portal and search engine in the Czech Republic. It allows to search for videos, images, text and other content, mainly distributed for Czech sites.

    79 Seznam.cz alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CZ flagCzechia
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Online
    Seznam.cz screenshot 1

    Seznam.cz Features

    1.  No registration required

    Seznam.cz VS Marginalia Search

     
  14. eTools.ch icon

    eTools.ch

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    A so-called metasearch engine or federated search, that simultaneously searches major Swiss and international search engines, merges their results and shows them relevance-sorted in a concise form.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CH flagSwitzerland

    Platforms

    • Online
    eTools.ch screenshot 1

    eTools.ch Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  No registration required
    3.  No Logs
    4.  Meta-Search

    eTools.ch VS Marginalia Search

     
  15. MetaCrawler icon

    MetaCrawler

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    It was originally a metasearch engine, as its name suggests. Throughout its lifetime it combined web search results from sources including Google, Yahoo!, Bing (formerly Live Search), Ask.com, About.com, MIVA, LookSmart and other search engine programs.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    MetaCrawler screenshot 1

    MetaCrawler Features

    1.  Web-Based

    MetaCrawler VS Marginalia Search

     
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