What is SearXNG?
Combined results from up to 261 search services, with no tracking or user profiles.
Who is SearXNG best for?
SearXNG is best for privacy-minded people and teams who want web search on their own server with no tracking.
Private search for a team or household
One instance serves everyone who uses it, and users are neither tracked nor profiled.
Results from many engines
Results from up to 261 search services land on one page, and you choose which engines to use.
Web search for your own AI apps
The search API returns results as JSON, CSV or RSS, so scripts and self-hosted chat apps can use it.
Browsing without scripts
JavaScript and cookies are optional, and SearXNG can be used over Tor.
How much does SearXNG cost?
SearXNG is free under the AGPL 3.0 licence with no paid plan: you host it yourself or use one of about 70 public instances listed on searx.space.
- AGPL 3.0, every feature included
- Docker or Podman container, or a script
- You maintain the server and engines
- About 70 listed on searx.space
- No sign-up needed
- You trust whoever runs the instance
SearXNG has no hosted cloud or paid tier; an open community of contributors builds it. Full pricing on github.com. We checked these prices on .
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Is SearXNG open source?
Yes. SearXNG's code is public under the AGPL 3.0 licence, so you can run it on your own server.
On GitHub
39,496stars
+1,189 (+3.1%) in the last 30 days
- Last commit
- 12 Nov
- Repository age
- 5 years
- Licence
- AGPL 3.0
- Self-hosted
- Yes
- Repository
- searxng/searxng
What are the best SearXNG alternatives?
SearXNG is an open source alternative to DuckDuckGo.
Questions about SearXNG
What is SearXNG?
Combined results from up to 261 search services, with no tracking or user profiles.
Who is SearXNG for?
SearXNG is best for privacy-minded people and teams who want web search on their own server with no tracking.
Is SearXNG free?
Yes. SearXNG has a free Self-hosted plan: AGPL 3.0, every feature included.
Is SearXNG open source?
Yes. SearXNG's code is public under the AGPL 3.0 licence, so you can run it on your own server.
What are the best SearXNG alternatives?
The closest alternatives on Recaply are DuckDuckGo.
Where can I try SearXNG?
On its official website, docs.searxng.org.
Does SearXNG track my searches?
No. SearXNG does not track or profile its users, and JavaScript and cookies are optional. Running your own instance also means you do not have to trust whoever runs a public one.
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