Personal search
your daily search engine without tracking
// official site: searxng.org ↗
AI / LLM · PRO TIER
SearXNGpro
SearXNG is a privacy-respecting meta-search engine that aggregates results from Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Wikipedia, and 200+ other engines — without tracking users. Drop-in replacement for Google: same query box, same results, zero profile-building.
// What it is
A closer look.
SearXNG is a privacy-respecting meta-search engine that aggregates results from Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Wikipedia, and 200+ other engines — without tracking users. Drop-in replacement for Google: same query box, same results, zero profile-building.
It's the search engine for people who realized "Incognito" doesn't mean private, and that DuckDuckGo still calls Bing's API with your IP attached.
// Use cases
What it's for.
Concrete scenarios where teams pick SearXNG over the SaaS alternative.
Family / team deployment
household search engine for shared privacy
AI agent web search
privacy-friendly search backend for LLM apps
Research search
aggregate results from multiple engines for completeness
Educational deployment
search engine for schools under student data privacy laws
// Who it's for
Built for these teams.
If your team profile matches one of these, SearXNG is a strong fit out of the box.
Privacy-conscious individuals
rejecting Google / Bing / DuckDuckGo profiling
AI engineers
plugging private web search into LLM agents (n8n, Flowise, OpenHands)
Schools & universities
running search for students under FERPA/GDPR
Privacy-focused organizations
rights groups, journalists, dissidents
Self-hosters
wanting Google-replacement without per-month SaaS cost
// Differentiators
Why teams pick SearXNG.
When evaluating self-hosted options for this category, here are the dimensions on which SearXNG consistently lands above the alternatives.
- ✓No tracking — no cookies, no profile, no logged queries (configurable)
- ✓200+ search engines — aggregates Google, Bing, Wikipedia, Reddit, GitHub, Stack Overflow
- ✓AGPLv3 — strong copyleft, fully open
- ✓Self-hosted — your VPS, your queries, your privacy
- ✓API support — JSON / RSS output for programmatic search
- ✓Active development — community-driven NG fork of original SearX
// Integrations
Connects to.
The stack you'll plug SearXNG into — services, protocols, and adjacent apps in the BluixApps catalog.
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AI agent backends
n8n, Flowise, LangChain, Open WebUI use SearXNG for web search
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Output formats
HTML, JSON, RSS, CSV for varied consumers
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Authentication
optional Basic Auth, OAuth via reverse proxy
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Result engines
Google, Bing, DDG, Wikipedia, Reddit, GitHub, Hacker News, 200+ others
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Plugins
Vim mode, infinite scroll, search bangs (!yt, !gh, !so)
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Tor support
optional onion routing for results
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Custom themes
Material, Oscar, Simple, customizable
// Adoption & deployment
Notable users & community
- 17k+ GitHub stars
- Hundreds of public instances worldwide
- Active Matrix / IRC community
- Featured in privacy-tool roundups (PrivacyTools, AlternativeTo)
- Fork of original SearX (now unmaintained) with stronger community
What we ship
- Docker compose: SearXNG + Redis cache
- Pinned
searxng/searxng:latest(release-tagged) - HTTPS via Let's Encrypt
- Default engines pre-configured (Google, Bing, DDG, Wikipedia, GitHub, Stack Overflow)
- Rate limiting enabled to prevent abuse
- API endpoint at
/search?format=jsonfor AI agent backends - Backup hook covers settings + theme customization
// Tips & operations
Run it properly.
Operational guidance from running this in production — what to lock down, what surprises people.
// PERFORMANCE
Rate-limit external API
public instances get hammered; set per-IP limits
// SECURITY
Disable suggestions if traffic is heavy
autocomplete calls upstream engines per keystroke
// OPERATIONS
Choose engines wisely
some engines (Bing, Brave) require API keys; configure or disable
// RELIABILITY
Use Redis for caching
repeat queries hit cache, save on upstream API calls
// DEPLOYMENT
Set bot detection appropriately
Google blocks public SearXNG instances; tune User-Agent rotation
// SCALING
Persist /etc/searxng
settings.yml here; mount volume from day one
512
// min ram (MB)
2
// min disk (GB)
8089
// access port
http
// protocol
pro
// bluixapps tier
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Project resources
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