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+# About [searxng][url_for:index]
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+SearXNG is a fork from the well-known [searx] [metasearch engine], aggregating
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+the results of other [search engines][url_for:preferences] while not storing
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+information about its users.
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+More about SearXNG ...
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+
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+* [SearXNG sources][brand.git_url]
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+* [weblate]
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+
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+---
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+
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+## Why use it?
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+
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+* SearXNG may not offer you as personalised results as Google,
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+ but it doesn't generate a profile about you.
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+
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+* SearXNG doesn't care about what you search for, never shares anything
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+ with a third party, and it can't be used to compromise you.
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+
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+* SearXNG is free software, the code is 100% open and you can help
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+ to make it better. See more on [SearXNG sources][brand.git_url].
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+
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+If you do care about privacy, want to be a conscious user, or otherwise
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+believe in digital freedom, make SearXNG your default search engine or run
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+it on your own server
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+
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+## Technical details - How does it work?
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+
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+SearXNG is a [metasearch engine], inspired by the [seeks project]. It provides
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+basic privacy by mixing your queries with searches on other platforms without
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+storing search data. Queries are made using a POST request on every browser
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+(except Chromium-based browsers*). Therefore they show up in neither our logs,
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+nor your url history. In the case of Chromium-based browser users there is an
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+exception: searx uses the search bar to perform GET requests. SearXNG can be
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+added to your browser's search bar; moreover, it can be set as the default
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+search engine.
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+
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+<span id='add to browser'></span>
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+## How to set as the default search engine?
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+
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+SearXNG supports [OpenSearch]. For more information on changing your default
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+search engine, see your browser's documentation:
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+
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+* [Firefox](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-or-remove-search-engine-firefox)
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+* [Microsoft Edge](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4028574/microsoft-edge-change-the-default-search-engine)
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+* Chromium-based browsers [only add websites that the user navigates to without a path.](https://www.chromium.org/tab-to-search)
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+
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+## Where to find anonymous usage statistics of this instance ?
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+[Stats page][url_for:stats] contains some useful data about the engines used.
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+
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+## How can I make it my own?
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+
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+SearXNG appreciates your concern regarding logs, so take the code from
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+the [SearXNG project][brand.git_url] and run it yourself!
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+
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+Add your instance to this [list of public instances][brand.public_instances] to
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+help other people reclaim their privacy and make the Internet freer! The more
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+decentralized the Internet is, the more freedom we have!
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+
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+## Where are the docs & code of this instance?
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+
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+See the [SearXNG docs][brand.docs_url] and [SearXNG sources][brand.git_url]
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+
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+[url_for:index]: {{ url_for('index') }}
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+[url_for:preferences]: {{ url_for('preferences') }}
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+[url_for:stats]: {{ url_for('stats') }}
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+[brand.git_url]: {{ searx_git_url }}
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+[brand.public_instances]: {{ get_setting('brand.public_instances') }}
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+[brand.docs_url]: {{ get_setting('brand.docs_url') }}
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+
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+[searx]: https://github.com/searx/searx
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+[metasearch engine]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasearch_engine
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+[weblate]: https://weblate.bubu1.eu/projects/searxng/
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+[seeks project]: https://beniz.github.io/seeks/
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+[OpenSearch]: https://github.com/dewitt/opensearch/blob/master/opensearch-1-1-draft-6.md
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+
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+{% include "__common__/aboutextend.html" ignore missing %}
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Martin Fischer