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.

Install via WHMCS → Visit searxng.org ↗

🤖 AI / LLM Min 512 MB RAM Port 8080 (http) Tier pro

// What it is

A closer look.

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.

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Personal search

your daily search engine without tracking

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Family / team deployment

household search engine for shared privacy

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AI agent web search

privacy-friendly search backend for LLM apps

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Research search

aggregate results from multiple engines for completeness

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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.

Profile A

Privacy-conscious individuals

rejecting Google / Bing / DuckDuckGo profiling

Profile B

AI engineers

plugging private web search into LLM agents (n8n, Flowise, OpenHands)

Profile C

Schools & universities

running search for students under FERPA/GDPR

Profile D

Privacy-focused organizations

rights groups, journalists, dissidents

Profile E

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=json for AI agent backends
Backup hook covers settings + theme customization