Sherlock AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Web Search Engines

The best Web Search Engine alternative to Sherlock is SearXNG, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Sherlock and ten of them are Web Search Engines so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Web Search Engine alternatives to Sherlock are Searx, 4get, Intelligence X and Araa.

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  1. SearXNG icon
     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

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Arch Linux
    • Fedora
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • Docker
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
    • Cloudron
     
  2. Searx icon
     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

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  3. 4get icon
     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...

    66 4get alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Tor
     
  4. Araa icon
     6 likes

    A privacy-respecting, ad-free, self-hosted Google metasearch engine with strong security that offers full API support and utilizes Qwant for images, and DuckDuckGo for auto-complete.

    64 Araa alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • NGINX
     
  5. Osintly icon
     5 likes

    Osintly is rebuilt from the ground up with collaboration and AI at its core. New: shared workspaces, team management, and AI that summarizes results, detects patterns, and generates reports automatically.

    34 Osintly alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  6. monocles is a project founded to move to a more secure, ecofriendly, privacy respecting, fair and open source technical and digital life for everyone. monocles search is one of the most privacy-respecting, secure and ethical public search engine due to the highly modified open...

    47 monocles search alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. eTools.ch icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. degoog icon
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    Search aggregator that queries multiple engines and shows results in one place. You can add custom search engines, bang-command plugins, and slot plugins (query-triggered panels above/below results or in the sidebar). News search uses configurable RSS feeds.

    50 degoog alternatives

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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