# LibreX

LibreX is a privacy-respecting meta search engine that avoids JavaScript and front-end frameworks. It is open source and self-hosted, installable on Docker Hub and Unraid.

Canonical page: https://ourlocalhost.com/app/194/librex

## Description

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.

## Health score

25/100 (Low), based on 4 of 4 factors.
- Maintained: 0 (last commit 1217 days ago)
- Popular: 59 (847 GitHub stars)
- Easy to install: 35 (1 install platform, install notes, Docker image)
- Light to run: 20 (24 GB minimum RAM, runs on ARM)

## Links

- Docker Hub: https://hub.docker.com/r/librex/librex
- Unraid: https://ca.unraid.net/apps/librex-1mpzfo00d0oxrg?q=LibreX
- GitHub: https://github.com/hnhx/librex

## 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.

## Alternatives

- Brave Search: Brave Search MCP Server is an open-source Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that gives AI agents and large language model (LLM) clients a…
- 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.

---
Source: Our Local Host (https://ourlocalhost.com/app/194/librex), the self-hosted and open-source app directory.