Privacy-respecting, hackable metasearch engine
Searx.space lists ready-to-use running instances.
A user, admin and developer handbook is available on the homepage.
Contact
Ask questions or just chat about SearXNG on
- IRC
- #searxng on libera.chat which is bridged to Matrix.
- Matrix
- #searxng:matrix.org
Differences to searx
SearXNG is a fork of searx, with notable changes:
User experience
- Reworked (and still simple) theme:
- Usable on desktop, tablet and mobile.
- Light and dark versions (available in the preferences).
- Right-to-left language support.
- Screenshots
- The translations are up to date, you can contribute on Weblate
- The preferences page has been updated:
- Browse which engines are reliable or not.
- Engines are grouped inside each tab.
- Each engine has a description.
- Thanks to the anonymous metrics, it is easier to report malfunctioning engines,
so they get fixed quicker
- Turn off metrics on the server if you don't want them recorded.
- Administrators can block and/or replace the URLs in the search results
Setup
- No need for Morty to proxy images, even on a public instance.
- No need for Filtron to block bots, as there is now a built-in limiter.
- A well maintained Docker image, now also built for ARM64 and ARM/v7 architectures. (Alternatively there are up to date installation scripts.)
Contributing
- Readable debug log.
- Contributing is easier, thanks to the Development Quickstart guide.
- A lot of code cleanup and bugfixes.
- Up to date list dependencies.
Translations
Help translate SearXNG at Weblate
Codespaces
You can contribute from your browser using GitHub Codespaces:
- Fork the repository
- Click on the
<> Codegreen button - Click on the
Codespacestab instead ofLocal - Click on
Create codespace on master - VSCode is going to start in the browser
- Wait for
git pull && make installto appears and then to disapear - You have 120 hours per month (see also your list of existing Codespaces)
- You can start SearXNG using
make runin the terminal or by pressingCtrl+Shift+B.