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SearXNG

Metasearch engine aggregating results from up to 251 services, offering strong privacy, no tracking, encrypted connections, Tor access, script and cookie flexibility, customizable engines, support for 58 languages, and user-selectable light or dark themes.

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Cost / License

Platforms

  • Linux
  • Online
  • Self-Hosted
  • Arch Linux
  • Fedora
  • Ubuntu
  • Debian
  • Cloudron
  • Docker  See [https://github.com/searxng/searxng-docker](https://github.com/searxng/searxng-docker) and [https://github.com/searxng/searxng-helm-chart](https://github.com/searxng/searxng-helm-chart)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4.1
Very Good15 ratings
156likes
11comments
0articles

Features

Properties

  1.  Decentralized
  2.  Privacy focused
  3.  Lightweight
  4.  Support for Themes
  5.  No AI

Features

  1.  Meta-Search
  2.  Ad-free
  3.  No Tracking
  4.  Dark Mode
  5.  Self-hosted search
  6.  No registration required
  7.  No Logs
  8. Tor icon  Support for TOR

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  • Search1API icon
    search1api added SearXNG as alternative to Search1API
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    sylvertyger added SearXNG as alternative to SearchNow Monster
  • mooovemaker liked SearXNG
  • Guest thinks Support for Themes is a important feature of SearXNG
  • fartburp67 reviewed SearXNG  

    Lightweight and performant, good customization. Long and trustworthy development history

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Comments and Reviews

   
Comment summary: SearXNG is appreciated for being free, open-source, self-hostable, and offering features like smooth performance, privacy, !bang support, and good customization. Users highlight its trustworthy development and lightweight nature. Some confusion exists regarding differences from Searx, and one user notes it’s technically an aggregator, not a true search engine, which can lead to result limitations. Minor UI issues, like missing favicons, are also mentioned.
Top Positive Comment
Vincent Bonnefille
3

!bangs + privacy + proxy

Top Negative Comment
needmoremusic
2

Even calling it a "metasearch engine" is a bit misleading, since Searx/SearxNG is just a wrapper/aggregator that calls other 'real' search engines, so it's not an engine itself, not in the same sense of the word. And those other engines of course will not be too happy about having their resources used while all their ads get hidden in this way, so they will try to detect if you're doing this and block you, after which your Searx/SearxNG will stop working, or end up returning way fewer results until it becomes useless.

Fart Butt
0

Lightweight and performant, good customization. Long and trustworthy development history

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SleipnirTheHorse
-2

Couldn't use? S#cks as far as I can tell?

KimiBCN
0

online instances of SearXNG: searx.space Instance audit: searchengine.party

c17s5qhu
1

Runs smooth on my selfhosted server. Has many features.

TBayAreaPat
1

So basically, I see a bunch of "instances" which are like a bunch of search engines, and apparently you can make your own. I compared 2 instances and they seemed the same except one displayed icons and the other didn't. There are CSS differences. As with anything I've found other than Google, there won't be up-to-the-minute news.

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What is SearXNG?

SearXNG is an open-source internet metasearch engine that amalgamates results from a maximum of 251 search services. It prioritizes user privacy by ensuring no tracking or profiling of user activity. For added privacy, SearXNG can be utilized via Tor for online anonymity. It offers a variety of features including the option for self-hosting, optional use of scripts and cookies, secure, encrypted connections, and the ability to handle 58 translations. It currently supports approximately 70 well-maintained instances on searx.space. The integration of search engines is simplified, and the software development process is professional, with continuous integration, quality assurance, and automated user interface testing.

SearXNG is a derivative of the original Searx icon Searx , with several modifications aimed at enhancing user experience. One of the major updates is the revamp of the simple theme, which is now compatible with desktop, tablet, and mobile devices. It provides light and dark versions, supports right-to-left languages, and the screenshots are available for review. The translations are kept updated and users have the opportunity to contribute via Weblate. The preferences page has been refreshed, providing information on the reliability of engines, grouping engines within each tab, and providing a description for each engine. Anonymous metrics are used to ease the bug reporting process and ensure quicker fixes. If users prefer, they can disable the recording of metrics on the server. Administrators have the capability to block and/or replace URLs in the search results.

SearXNG information

  • Developed by

    SearXNG
  • Licensing

    Open Source (AGPL-3.0) and Free product.
  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.1 (15 ratings)
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  • Supported Languages

    • English
    • French
    • German
    • Catalan; Valencian
    • Chinese
    • Czech
    • Danish
    • Dutch
    • Finnish
    • Hebrew
    • Hungarian
    • Indonesian
    • Japanese
    • Korean
    • Polish
    • Portuguese
    • Russian
    • Spanish
    • Swedish
    • Turkish
    • Arabic
    • Norwegian Bokmål

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GitHub repository

  •  36,195 Stars
  •  3,300 Forks
  •  218 Open Issues
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Our users have written 11 comments and reviews about SearXNG, and it has gotten 156 likes

SearXNG was added to AlternativeTo by astuceman on and this page was last updated .