Open Source SearXNG AlternativesWeb Search & Image Search Engines like SearXNG

The best open source alternative to SearXNG is Searx. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to SearXNG and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to SearXNG are Openverse, MetaGer, YaCy and Stract.

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  1. Searx icon

    Searx

     293 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.

    99 Searx alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Searx screenshot 1
     

    • Searx is the most popular Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to SearXNG.

    • Searx is the most popular Open Source alternative to SearXNG.

    • Searx is Free and Open SourceSearXNG is also Free and Open Source
    • Searx is CustomizableSearXNG is not according to our users
  2. Openverse icon

    Openverse

     71 likes

    Openverse is a tool that allows openly licensed and public domain works to be discovered and used by everyone.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    Openverse screenshot 1
     
  4. MetaGer icon

    MetaGer

     58 likes

    MetaGer is an open source metasearch engine focused on protecting users' privacy. Based in Germany, and hosted as a cooperation between the German NGO 'SUMA-EV - Association for Free Access to Knowledge' and the University of Hannover, the system is built on 24...

    88 MetaGer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Open Source (AGPL-3.0)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • Tor
    Homepage. With dark mode.
     
  5. YaCy icon

    YaCy

     143 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...

    89 YaCy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    YaCy screenshot 1
     
  6. Stract icon

    Stract

     34 likes

    Stract is an open source search engine where the user has the ability to see exactly what is going on and customize almost everything about their search results. It's a search engine made for hackers and tinkerers just like ourselves.

    66 Stract alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    Stract screenshot 1
     
  7. Whoogle Search icon

    Whoogle Search

     33 likes

    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...

    90 Whoogle Search alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Whoogle Search screenshot 1
     
  9. 4get icon

    4get

     22 likes

    This is a metasearch engine that gets results from other engines, and strips away all of the tracking parameters and Microsoft bullshit they add. Most of the other alternatives to Google jack themselves off about being ""privacy respecting"" or whatever the...

    64 4get alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Tor
    Search settings retrieved from main instance.
     
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    Comments about 4get as an Alternative to SearXNG
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    Search preferences for scrappers is significantly simplified in comparison to SearXNG, (4G's 5 vs. XNG's 11 not including individual engines used for scrapping.) Also generally more lightweight than SearXNG as it uses barely any JS save for the client script and JSON image previews.

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    • 4get is Free and Open SourceSearXNG is also Free and Open Source
  10. LibreX icon

    LibreX

     10 likes

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

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    LibreX screenshot 1
     
  11. Marginalia Search icon

    Marginalia Search

     14 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    Marginalia Search screenshot 1
     
  12. Sherlock icon

    Sherlock

     16 likes

    Command line tool that checks usernames across hundreds of social media platforms, outputs results as text, CSV, or JSON, is cross-platform and open source, lightweight, privacy-respecting, supports bulk searches, aids security audits, and digital investigations.

    26 Sherlock alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Sherlock screenshot 1
    Sherlock screenshot 2
     
  13. Mwmbl Search icon

    Mwmbl Search

     13 likes

    Mwmbl is a non-profit, ad-free, free-libre and free-lunch search engine with a focus on useability and speed. At the moment it is little more than an idea together with a proof of concept implementation of the web front-end and search technology on a small index.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    Main Page
     
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