SearXNG

Federated metasearch engine

SearXNG

SearXNG home page with the default dark theme

Initial release| March 27, 2021; 4 years ago (March 27, 2021)
Repository| github.com/searxng/searxng
Written in| Python, HTML
Operating system| Linux, FreeBSD, macOS
Predecessor| Searx
Standard(s)| OpenSearch
Type| Metasearch engine
License| GNU Affero General Public License
Website| docs.searxng.org (documentation)
searx.space (public instances)

* Free and open-source software portal

The SearXNG results page with "wikipedia" as the search term

SearXNG is a free and open-source federated metasearch engine forked from Searx. SearXNG supports over 70 different search engines.[1] Similar to Searx, it does not collect information about users.[2]

## Instances

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SearXNG is federated, and as such is hosted by several instances, public and private. Private instances are hosted on a local network, or run on the user's desktop computer itself, and are designed to be used by one person or a small number of people. Public instances are hosted on public web servers and are designed to be used by anyone like a typical search engine.[1] A list of public instances is available at searx.space.[3]

## Features

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### Categorical searching

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SearXNG can separate results into multiple categories, including the standard categories of "Web, "Images," "Videos," and "News," as well as the non-standard categories of "Social Media," "Music," "Files," "IT," and "Science."[4]

### Engines

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As a metasearch engine, SearXNG functions by sending queries to upstream search engines and returning them to the user. Engines include Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, and Qwant.[3][1] More than 70 different search engines are supported.[1] SearXNG also supports "bangs", directly redirecting searches to other engines if an exclamation point and shortcut key are appended before the search. Using two exclamation marks, such as "!!w" directs to DuckDuckGo's version of bangs.[5]

### Privacy

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SearXNG removes private data from requests sent to search services. SearXNG itself stores little to no information that can be used to identify users.[2][1]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e Dávila, Anthony Bryan Encalada (2023). Implementación De Un Prototipo De Buscador Web Basado En Linux Para Garantizar La Privacidad de Los Datos Del Usuario [Implementation of a Prototype Linux-Based Web Search Engine to Guarantee the Privacy of User Information] (PDF) (Bachelor Thesis) (in Spanish). Escuela Politécnica Nacional. p. 3\. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2024-09-13.
2. ^ a b Morante, Gabriel (May 2022). "Own Yourself". Writing Waves. 5 (19). California State University Monterey Bay: 19.
3. ^ a b Braeuning, Paul (2023-10-18). Bachelor Thesis for obtaining the academic degree Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Computer Science at the Faculty Informatik und Medien (PDF). Leipzig, Saxony: Leipzig University of Applied Sciences. p. 1\. Archived from the original on 2024-07-03.
4. ^ Conway, Adam (2024-06-12). "Should you use a different search engine? You're missing out on metasearch engines". XDA. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
5. ^ "SearXNG Documentation (2025.2.9+a1e2b2546)". Search syntax. Retrieved 2025-02-11.

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Web search engines

Active|

| Dedicated|

* AOL
* Ahmia
* Ask.com
* Baidu
* Bing
* Blackle
* Brave
* DuckDuckGo
* Ecosia
* Fireball
* Google
* Kiddle
* KidRex
* KidzSearch
* Lycos
* Mojeek
* Naver
* Parsijoo
* Perplexity AI
* Petal
* Presearch
* Seznam.cz
* Sogou
* Swisscows
* WebCrawler
* Yahoo!
* Yandex
* Youdao

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Metasearch engines|

* Dogpile
* Excite
* Info.com
* Kagi
* MetaCrawler
* MetaGer
* Mullvad Leta
* SearXNG
* Startpage
* Qwant

Defunct

Inactive|

* 123people
* A9.com
* Aliweb
* AlltheWeb
* AltaVista
* Blekko
* Boogami
* Cuil
* Empas
* Forestle
* GenieKnows
* Gigablast
* Go.com
* HotBot
* Infoseek
* Inktomi
* JumpStation
* LeapFish
* Neeva
* Northern Light
* Pipilika
* Powerset
* Scroogle
* SearchMe
* Searx
* Soso
* Sputnik
* Teoma
* Viewzi
* Vivisimo
* Volunia
* W3Catalog
* Wikiseek
* Yebol
* Yippy
* Yooz

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