Searx

Searx
Developer(s)Adam Tauber (alias asciimoo)[1]
Initial releaseJanuary 22, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-01-22)[2]
Stable release
1.1.0[3] Edit this on Wikidata / 7 August 2022; 2 years ago (7 August 2022)
Repositorygithub.com/searx/searx (archived); github.com/searxng/searxng (active)
Written inPython
TypeMetasearch engine
LicenseAGPL-3.0-or-later
Websitesearx.space (List of Searx instances)

Searx (/sɜːrks/; stylized as searX) is a free and open-source metasearch engine,[4] available under the GNU Affero General Public License version 3, with the aim of protecting the privacy of its users.[5][6][7] To this end, Searx does not share users' IP addresses or search history with the search engines from which it gathers results. Tracking cookies served by the search engines are blocked, preventing user-profiling-based results modification.[8][9] By default, Searx queries are submitted via HTTP POST,[a] to prevent users' query keywords from appearing in webserver logs.[10][11] Searx was inspired by the Seeks project,[10] though it does not implement Seeks' peer-to-peer user-sourced results ranking.

Each search result is given as a direct link to the respective site, rather than a tracked redirect link as used by Google. In addition, when available, these direct links are accompanied by cached and/or proxied links that allow viewing results pages without actually visiting the sites in question. The cached links point to saved versions of a page on the Wayback Machine, while the proxied links allow viewing the current live page via a Searx-based web proxy. In addition to the general search, the engine also features tabs to search within specific domains: files, images, Information technology, maps, music, news, science, social media, and videos.[12][13]

Users can run private instances of Searx on their own computer, but there are also many public, user-run, Searx instances,[14] some of which are available as Tor hidden services.[14] Meta-Searx instances can also be used to forward the search query to a random public instance.[14] A public API is available for Searx,[15][16] as well as Firefox search provider plugins.[17]

As of 7 September 2023, the Searx GitHub repository has been archived, stating that SearX is no longer maintained.[18] The SearXNG repository remains open.[19]

  1. ^ "asciimoo (Adam Tauber)". GitHub.
  2. ^ Tauber, Adam. "searx: A privacy-respecting, hackable metasearch engine" – via PyPI.
  3. ^ "Release v1.1.0".
  4. ^ Kühnast, Charly. "Peppered with Hits » Linux Magazine". Linux Magazine. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
  5. ^ Bradbury, Danny (August 10, 2017). "Self-hosted search option is a new approach to bursting the filter bubble". Naked Security. Archived from the original on September 4, 2017. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
  6. ^ Zak, Robert (April 3, 2017). "What Is the Best Search Engine for Privacy?". Make Tech Easier. Archived from the original on July 3, 2018. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
  7. ^ Sonmez, John (December 22, 2014). "Searx: self-hosted web metasearch engine". Tuxdiary. Archived from the original on 2017-07-07. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
  8. ^ administrator, Acc. "Як захистити свої дані в інтернеті: 11 корисних додатків". Новини АСС (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2017-08-31.
  9. ^ "Searx: Die konfigurierbare Suchmaschine, die deine Privatsphäre respektiert". t3n News (in German). Retrieved 2017-08-31.
  10. ^ a b c "about.html". GitHub. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference preferences was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  12. ^ "A Primer on Staying Secure and Anonymous on the Dark Web". TechSpot. Retrieved 2017-08-30.
  13. ^ Von Jan Weisensee (2016-09-07). "Searx 0.10.0: Die eigene Suchmaschine auf einem Raspberry Pi" [Searx 0.10.0: Your own search engine on a Raspberry Pi]. golem.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2020-08-07. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
  14. ^ a b c "Public Searx instances". searx.space.
  15. ^ "Search API — searx 0.12.0 documentation". searx.github.io. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
  16. ^ Seitz, Justin (2017-04-18). "Building a Keyword Monitoring Pipeline with Python, Pastebin and Searx | Automating OSINT Blog". www.automatingosint.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-16. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
  17. ^ "Search results for "searx" – Add-ons for Firefox (en-US)". addons.mozilla.org. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
  18. ^ "GitHub - searx/searx: Privacy-respecting metasearch engine". GitHub. 2023-09-07. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
  19. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).


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