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LibreX

LibreX is a privacy-respecting meta search engine that avoids JavaScript and front-end frameworks.

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LibreX is a privacy-respecting meta search engine that avoids JavaScript and front-end frameworks. It returns results from Google, Qwant, Ahmia, and popular torrent sites, giving self-hosters a lightweight local search experience without tracking.

Platform availability

Available on 1 of 9 platforms

  • Unraid
  • TrueNAS (not listed)
  • Umbrel (not listed)
  • ZimaOS (not listed)
  • Proxmox (not listed)
  • Helm (not listed)
  • Mac (not listed)
  • Windows (not listed)
  • Linux (not listed)

Health score?A 0-100 score computed nightly from four factors: maintained (40%: recent commits and steady activity), popular (25%: GitHub stars, log scale), easy to install (20%: platforms, install notes, setup guides, Docker image) and light to run (15%: minimum RAM, ARM support). When the source code has been checked, a fifth factor, security check (20%: automated scan for committed secrets, unsafe desktop-app settings, known-vulnerable dependencies and project hygiene; any serious finding caps it at 20), is added. Factors without data are left out and the rest are rescaled.

25/100 Low

Maintained
0last commit 1207 days ago
Popular
59847 GitHub stars
Easy to install
351 install platform, install notes, Docker image
Light to run
2024 GB minimum RAM, runs on ARM

Availability: platform listings confirmed today, links checked 15 days ago

GitHub stars
847
Open issues
23
Last commit
2023-06-24
License
AGPL-3.0
Activity
stale

Checked 7 days ago - source: GitHub (hnhx/librex)

Resources & Compatibility

Minimum requirements: 24 GB RAM. ARM (e.g. Raspberry Pi) is supported.

Checked 14 days ago - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs

First-install notes

  • Docker Installation LibreX can be self-hosted using Docker. The project wiki provides the recommended container command and configuration steps. source

Fetched 4 days ago - each note links to its source

Alternatives (12)

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  • DuckDuckGo - Privacy-focused search engine offering Zero-click Info, instant answers, and more, built from open-source software for a user-friendly expe…
  • Ecosia - Search engine donating over 80% of profits to global reforestation, supporting millions of trees planted, funded by ad revenue, with mobile…
  • Google Search - Dominant search engine offering personalized results, image, video, news search, and voice capabilities, used across multiple platforms.
  • Kagi Search - Subscription-based search engine focusing on privacy, ad-free experience, deep customization, unbiased results, user-controlled features, a…
  • Microsoft Bing - Web search engine with real-time suggestions, related results via semantic technology, image search, Explorer pane, and history sharing thr…
  • Mojeek - Privacy-focused search engine delivering independent, unbiased web and image results from its own index without tracking or profiling, host…
  • Openverse - Openverse is a tool that allows openly licensed and public domain works to be discovered and used by everyone.
  • Qwant - Privacy-first European search engine offering multi-platform web and image search, no tracking, no personalized results, and supports 13 la…
  • SearXNG - SearXNG is a privacy-respecting, self-hosted metasearch engine and maintained fork of searx that aggregates results from many search servic…
  • Startpage - Privacy-focused search engine using Google results without trackers, storing no personal data, and offering Anonymous View for private brow…
  • YaCy - YaCy is a decentralized, peer-to-peer search engine that maintains its own web index across participating nodes.

Checked 11 days ago - source: AlternativeTo

Common questions

Can I self-host LibreX using Docker?

Yes, LibreX has a Dockerized option for self-hosting. The Docker page points to the docker directory and invites users to help by looking for bugs in the used docker configurations.

Does LibreX retain user data, logs, or caches?

No. LibreX does not save any type of user data, and there are no logs or caches.

Where can I find more LibreX documentation?

The README says to check the wiki for more information about LibreX.

Do LibreX proxies work with LibreJS enabled?

The README says the LibreX proxies work correctly through Tor with LibreJS enabled.

Answers sourced from github.com, github.com

Community

Collected 9 days ago - public community threads