searxng/README.rst

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Privacy-respecting, hackable metasearch engine

Searx.space lists ready-to-use running instances.

A user, admin and developer handbook is available on the homepage.

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Contact

Ask questions or just chat about SearXNG on

IRC

#searxng on libera.chat which is bridged to Matrix.

Matrix

#searxng:matrix.org

Setup

• A well maintained Docker image, also built for ARM64 and ARM/v7 architectures.
• Alternatively there are up to date installation scripts.
• For individual setup consult our detailed Step by step instructions.
• To fine-tune your instance, take a look at the Administrator documentation.

Translations

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Contributing

Are you a developer? Have a look at our development quickstart guide, it's very easy to contribute. Additionally we have a developer documentation.

Codespaces

You can contribute from your browser using GitHub Codespaces:

• Fork the repository
• Click on the <> Code green button
• Click on the Codespaces tab instead of Local
• Click on Create codespace on master
• VSCode is going to start in the browser
• Wait for git pull && make install to appear and then disappear
• You have 120 hours per month (see also your list of existing Codespaces)
• You can start SearXNG using make run in the terminal or by pressing Ctrl+Shift+B