

Whoogle Search
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Ad-free, privacy-focused meta-search providing Google results without tracking, JavaScript, cookies, or AMP links, supporting proxies and autocomplete. Customizable, Docker-deployable, mobile-ready, with theme options and additional privacy features.
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Self-Hosted
Discontinued
As mentioned in the README, v.1.2.4 (released April 14, 2026) will be the last release due to non-JavaScript search queries being aggressively blocked with no workarounds found.
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J-Fitzgerald-Flood added Whoogle Search as alternative to Findborg
bartjellema added Whoogle Search as alternative to NeoSearch
scorin added Whoogle Search as alternative to Glubler
rajkverma added Whoogle Search as alternative to SearchZ.ai- Danilo Venom added Customizable as a feature to Whoogle Search
- Danilo Venom added No AI as a feature to Whoogle Search
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K0RR added Whoogle Search as alternative to PrivacyWall- Asumeh updated Whoogle Search
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Selfhosting
Selfhosting is where you're hosting your own websites, apps, software, tools, and much more on your own server instead of having to rely on 3rd-party cloud providers such as Hetzner. Taking this approach to hosting gives you more control over your data and how your server or servers are managed.
When you are running multiple things on one or two servers, within your home, it's called a "Homelab" and you're "Homelabbing" at that point.
Running your own server and homelab within your home is great for privacy-conscious individuals such as myself, tech enthusiasts, small businesses, and those seeking more control of their digital life.
The following lists provided here are applications and software I've gotten comfortable with and enjoyed using over the past 3 and a half years since I started homelabbing, it's based on my experience and what fits my criteria. Some well known softwares won't be listed here, as my experience may of not been at best with them.
My criteria is that software is built in the open, respects user privacy and security, should not require a license to operate, and don't contain profanity and other minor things.
I'm also willing to test new software to selfhost, feel free to comment or message me to try out other alternatives.
There are other places to check out as well for those interesting selfhosting, such as Awesome Selfhosted, selfh.st, and other places you can find on the internet.
https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted
https://github.com/awesome-foss/awesome-sysadmin
https://github.com/veggiemonk/awesome-docker
If you ever need help with selfhosting, you can check out the following communities:
Homelab Community on Fluxer, I personally run
/r/selfhosted (Reddit)
/c/selfhosted (Lemmy / Fediverse)
There's also a wiki you can look into as well.
If you believe an alternative software should be added to this list, please contact me or direct message via my AlternativeTo account. I'm also available on Signal.
This lists gets updated every month at least, check back regularly.
Privacy Services (WIP)
some privacy services. mostly taken from https://github.com/pluja/awesome-privacy, but I also take other suggestions.
15 Best Search Engines.
Some Information From https://searchengine.party









Comments and Reviews
It’s the best mix between DuckDuckGo’s !bang features and Google Search without privacy issues.
Lightweight, easy to deploy, fully featured