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SearXNG

A self-hosted metasearch engine combines external search results without tracking users, with optional JavaScript and cookies and AGPL-3.0 licensing.

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SearXNG is a self-hosted metasearch engine for people who want to combine search services without user tracking or profiling. It's a fork of searx, and web searches require internet access because external services supply the results.

  • Combined search: Search sources such as Google, Bing, Brave and DuckDuckGo through one interface, alongside specialist sources including arXiv, PubMed, GitHub Code and Open Library.
  • Different result types: Find images, videos, papers, code and files as well as general web pages.
  • Application and local search: Use the search API in other applications, or connect engines for local search APIs and SQL or NoSQL databases.
  • Browser privacy options: Use the interface without JavaScript or cookies, and access an instance over Tor.

You can run your own server, including a container deployment, or use a public instance. A public instance places the search server under someone else's control; self-hosting lets you control that server, while online searches still query external providers.

SearXNG is free and open source under AGPL-3.0.

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