There is also Kagi, a paid search engine. They recently gained some controversy due to “partnering” with Brave, but quickly backtrack on the “partner” announcement.
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i_promise_nothing@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I’m interested in self hosted web search engines to run at home instead of using Google is SearXNG a good replacement or are there other better suggestions?
Other than self hosting a search engine what are some good web search providers? Most of my device browsers list the following default options:
- Yahoo
- Bing
- DuckDuckGo
- Ecosia
redcalcium@lemmy.institute 5 months ago
18107@aussie.zone 5 months ago
I have used Kagi for several weeks and can’t go back. I can finally find things on the internet again and I don’t want to lose that again.
sonovebitch@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Yes, SearXNG is a good self-hosted replacement.
LWD@lemm.ee 5 months ago
If you are going to self-host a search engine, I would recommend two things to retain some degree of anonymity:
You don’t want to pass Google your IP address
That way, queries don’t just come from you
Otherwise, finding somebody else’s instance would be good for both you and for them. There’s no shame in not running one yourself.