# Searx

Searx is a free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from more than 70 search services. It is open source and self-hosted, installable on Docker Hub and Unraid.

Canonical page: https://ourlocalhost.com/app/107/searx

## Description

Searx is a free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from more than 70 search services. Users are neither tracked nor profiled. Additionally, searx can be used over Tor for online anonymity.

## Platform availability

Available on 1 of 9 platforms: Unraid.

## Health score

63/100 (Good), based on 5 of 5 factors.
- Maintained: 59 (last commit 161 days ago)
- Popular: 83 (13,556 GitHub stars)
- Easy to install: 35 (1 install platform, install notes, Docker image)
- Light to run: 85 (512 MB minimum RAM)
- Security check: 60 (no serious findings, 5 minor, CI, tests, OpenSSF Scorecard 5.2/10)

## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/searx/searx
- Documentation: https://searx.github.io/searx/
- Docker Hub: https://hub.docker.com/r/searx/searx/
- Unraid: https://ca.unraid.net/apps/searx-0yx98co1mzwg44?q=searx
- Official website: https://searx.space

## Common questions

### Does Searx crawl the web itself?

No, it queries existing search-engine APIs and applies its own sorting rather than acting as a standalone crawler.

### Does running Searx expose my server IP to the searched engines?

Upstream connections can reveal your server IP to the engines queried, and using a VPS only shifts that trust to the VPS provider.

### Is rate limiting enabled by default on a self-hosted Searx?

It has strict rate limiting by default, and tuning it can help protect a public instance from bots.

### Can Searx be installed with common web servers?

The documentation includes installation paths using uwsgi with nginx or Apache, as well as Docker.

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