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For more information on changing your default +search engine, see your browser’s documentation:</p> +<ul class="simple"> +<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-or-remove-search-engine-firefox">Firefox</a></p></li> +<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4028574/microsoft-edge-change-the-default-search-engine">Microsoft Edge</a> - Behind the link, you will also find some useful instructions +for Chrome and Safari.</p></li> +<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://www.chromium.org/tab-to-search">Chromium</a>-based browsers only add websites that the user navigates to without +a path.</p></li> +</ul> +<p>When adding a search engine, there must be no duplicates with the same name. If +you encounter a problem where you cannot add the search engine, you can either:</p> +<ul class="simple"> +<li><p>remove the duplicate (default name: SearXNG) or</p></li> +<li><p>contact the owner to give the instance a different name than the default.</p></li> +</ul> +</section> +<section id="how-does-it-work"> +<h2>How does it work?<a class="headerlink" href="#how-does-it-work" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2> +<p>SearXNG is a fork from the well-known <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/searx/searx">searx</a> <a class="reference external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasearch_engine">metasearch engine</a> which was +inspired by the <a class="reference external" href="https://beniz.github.io/seeks/">Seeks project</a>. It provides basic privacy by mixing your +queries with searches on other platforms without storing search data. SearXNG +can be added to your browser’s search bar; moreover, it can be set as the +default search engine.</p> +<p>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">stats</span> <span class="pre">page</span></code> contains some useful anonymous usage +statistics about the engines used.</p> +</section> +<section id="how-can-i-make-it-my-own"> +<h2>How can I make it my own?<a class="headerlink" href="#how-can-i-make-it-my-own" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2> +<p>SearXNG appreciates your concern regarding logs, so take the code from the +<a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/searxng/searxng">SearXNG sources</a> and run it yourself!</p> +<p>Add your instance to this <a class="reference external" href="https://searx.space">list of public +instances</a> to help other people +reclaim their privacy and make the internet freer. The more decentralized the +internet is, the more freedom we have!</p> +</section> +</section> + + + <div class="clearer"></div> + </div> + </div> + </div> + <span id="sidebar-top"></span> + <div class="sphinxsidebar" role="navigation" aria-label="Main"> + <div class="sphinxsidebarwrapper"> + + + <p class="logo"><a href="../index.html"> + <img class="logo" src="../_static/searxng-wordmark.svg" alt="Logo of SearXNG"/> + </a></p> + + +<h3><a href="../index.html">Table of Contents</a></h3> +<ul class="current"> +<li class="toctree-l1 current"><a class="reference internal" href="index.html">User information</a><ul class="current"> +<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="search-syntax.html">Search syntax</a></li> +<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="configured_engines.html">Configured Engines</a></li> +<li class="toctree-l2 current"><a class="current reference internal" href="#">About SearXNG</a><ul> +<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#why-use-it">Why use it?</a></li> +<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#how-do-i-set-it-as-the-default-search-engine">How do I set it as the default search engine?</a></li> +<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#how-does-it-work">How does it work?</a></li> +<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#how-can-i-make-it-my-own">How can I make it my own?</a></li> +</ul> +</li> +</ul> +</li> +<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="../own-instance.html">Why use a private instance?</a></li> +<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="../admin/index.html">Administrator documentation</a></li> +<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="../dev/index.html">Developer documentation</a></li> +<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="../utils/index.html">DevOps tooling box</a></li> +<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="../src/index.html">Source-Code</a></li> +</ul> + + <h3>Project Links</h3> + <ul> + <li><a href="https://github.com/searxng/searxng/tree/master">Source</a> + + <li><a href="https://github.com/searxng/searxng/wiki">Wiki</a> + + <li><a href="https://searx.space">Public instances</a> + + <li><a href="https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues">Issue Tracker</a> + </ul><h3>Navigation</h3> +<ul> + <li><a href="../index.html">Overview</a> + <ul> + <li><a href="index.html">User information</a> + <ul> + <li>Previous: <a href="configured_engines.html" title="previous chapter">Configured Engines</a> + <li>Next: <a href="../own-instance.html" title="next chapter">Why use a private instance?</a></ul> + </li> + </ul> + </li> +</ul> +<search id="searchbox" style="display: none" role="search"> + <h3 id="searchlabel">Quick search</h3> + <div class="searchformwrapper"> + <form class="search" action="../search.html" method="get"> + <input type="text" name="q" aria-labelledby="searchlabel" autocomplete="off" autocorrect="off" autocapitalize="off" spellcheck="false"/> + <input type="submit" value="Go" /> + </form> + </div> +</search> +<script>document.getElementById('searchbox').style.display = "block"</script> + <div role="note" aria-label="source link"> + <h3>This Page</h3> + <ul class="this-page-menu"> + <li><a href="../_sources/user/about.rst.txt" + rel="nofollow">Show Source</a></li> + </ul> + </div> + </div> + </div> + <div class="clearer"></div> + </div> + <div class="footer" role="contentinfo"> + © Copyright SearXNG team. + </div> + </body> +</html>
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