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  1. {% extends 'pix-art/base.html' %}
  2. {% block content %}
  3. <div class="row"{% if rtl %} dir="ltr"{% endif %}>
  4. <h1>About <a href="{{ url_for('index') }}">searx</a></h1>
  5. <p>Searx is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasearch_engine">metasearch engine</a>, aggregating the results of other <a href="{{ url_for('preferences') }}">search engines</a> while not storing information about its users.
  6. </p>
  7. <h2>Why use Searx?</h2>
  8. <ul>
  9. <li>Searx may not offer you as personalised results as Google, but it doesn't generate a profile about you</li>
  10. <li>Searx doesn't care about what you search for, never shares anything with a third party, and it can't be used to compromise you</li>
  11. <li>Searx is free software, the code is 100% open and you can help to make it better. See more on <a href="https://github.com/asciimoo/searx">github</a></li>
  12. </ul>
  13. <p>If you do care about privacy, want to be a conscious user, or otherwise believe
  14. in digital freedom, make Searx your default search engine or run it on your own server</p>
  15. <h2>Technical details - How does it work?</h2>
  16. <p>Searx is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasearch_engine">metasearch engine</a>,
  17. inspired by the <a href="http://seeks-project.info/">seeks project</a>.<br />
  18. It provides basic privacy by mixing your queries with searches on other platforms without storing search data. Queries are made using a POST request on every browser (except chrome*). Therefore they show up in neither our logs, nor your url history. In case of Chrome* users there is an exception, if Searx used from the search bar it performs GET requests.<br />
  19. Searx can be added to your browser's search bar; moreover, it can be set as the default search engine.
  20. </p>
  21. <h2>How can I make it my own?</h2>
  22. <p>Searx appreciates your concern regarding logs, so take the <a href="https://github.com/asciimoo/searx">code</a> and run it yourself! <br />Add your Searx to this <a href="https://github.com/asciimoo/searx/wiki/Searx-instances">list</a> to help other people reclaim their privacy and make the Internet freer!
  23. <br />The more decentralized Internet is the more freedom we have!</p>
  24. <h2>More about searx</h2>
  25. <ul>
  26. <li><a href="https://github.com/asciimoo/searx">github</a></li>
  27. <li><a href="https://www.ohloh.net/p/searx/">ohloh</a></li>
  28. <li><a href="https://twitter.com/Searx_engine">twitter</a></li>
  29. <li>IRC: #searx @ freenode (<a href="https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.freenode.com/searx">webclient</a>)</li>
  30. <li><a href="https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/searx/">transifex</a></li>
  31. </ul>
  32. <hr />
  33. <h2 id="faq">FAQ</h2>
  34. <h3>How to add to firefox?</h3>
  35. <p><a href="#" onclick="window.external.AddSearchProvider(window.location.protocol + '//' + window.location.host + '{{ url_for('opensearch') }}');">Install</a> searx as a search engine on any version of Firefox! (javascript required)</p>
  36. <h2 id="dev_faq">Developer FAQ</h2>
  37. <h3>New engines?</h3>
  38. <ul>
  39. <li>Edit your <a href="https://raw.github.com/asciimoo/searx/master/searx/settings.yml">settings.yml</a></li>
  40. <li>Create your custom engine module, check the <a href="https://github.com/asciimoo/searx/blob/master/examples/basic_engine.py">example engine</a></li>
  41. </ul>
  42. <p>Don't forget to restart searx after config edit!</p>
  43. <h3>Installation/WSGI support?</h3>
  44. <p>See the <a href="https://github.com/asciimoo/searx/wiki/Installation">installation and setup</a> wiki page</p>
  45. <h3>How to debug engines?</h3>
  46. <p><a href="{{ url_for('stats') }}">Stats page</a> contains some useful data about the engines used.</p>
  47. </div>
  48. {% endblock %}