SearXNG
Search without being tracked
SearXNG is a free internet metasearch engine that aggregates results from up to 261 search services while neither tracking nor profiling users. It can be used over Tor for online anonymity, and users can run their own instance or use public instances. Development began in mid-2021 as a fork of the searx project.
The software supports a wide range of search engines across categories, including general web, images, video, news, media, academic and scientific sources, code repositories, forums, and specialized databases. It offers a search API, plugins such as a calculator, unit converter, time zone, and infinite scroll, built-in answerers for statistics, translation, and random values, and multiple result types including papers, files, code, and infoboxes. It can be installed via container or script, with support for Granian, uWSGI, NGINX, and Apache, and uses Valkey or SQLite for caching. JavaScript and cookies are optional, and the interface is available in 58 translations.
SearXNG is intended for users seeking private search and for administrators who want to self-host a metasearch service. It is free and open-source, with no paid editions or seat-based plans described.
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