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 nine of them are Web Search Engines so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Web Search Engine alternatives to Sherlock are Intelligence X, 4get, Araa and LibreX.

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  1. SearXNG icon
     147 likes

    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.

    104 SearXNG alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Arch Linux
    • Fedora
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • Cloudron
    • Docker
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
     
  2. 4get icon
     24 likes

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

    63 4get alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Tor
     
  3. 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

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • NGINX
     
  4. LibreX icon
     9 likes

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

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. degoog icon
     2 likes

    Search aggregator that queries multiple engines and shows results in one place. You can add custom search engines, bang-command plugins, slot plugins (query-triggered panels above/below results or in the sidebar), and transports (custom HTTP fetch strategies like curl...

    48 degoog alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Docker
    • Proxmox Virtual Environment
     
  8. eTools.ch icon
     Like

    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
     
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