<div{% if rtl %} dir="ltr"{% endif %}> <h1>About <a href="{{ url_for('index') }}">searxng</a></h1> <p> SearXNG is a fork from the well-known <a href="https://github.com/searx/searx">searx</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasearch_engine"> metasearch engine</a>, aggregating the results of other <a href="{{ url_for('preferences') }}">search engines</a> while not storing information about its users. </p> <p>More about SearXNG ...</p> <ul> <li><a href="{{ searx_git_url }}">SearXNG sources</a></li> <li><a href="https://weblate.bubu1.eu/projects/searxng/">weblate</a></li> </ul> <hr /> <h2>Why use it?</h2> <ul> <li> SearXNG may not offer you as personalised results as Google, but it doesn't generate a profile about you. </li> <li> SearXNG doesn't care about what you search for, never shares anything with a third party, and it can't be used to compromise you. </li> <li> SearXNG is free software, the code is 100% open and you can help to make it better. See more on <a href="{{ searx_git_url }}">SearXNG sources</a>. </li> </ul> <p> If you do care about privacy, want to be a conscious user, or otherwise believe in digital freedom, make SearXNG your default search engine or run it on your own server </p> <h2>Technical details - How does it work?</h2> <p> SearXNG is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasearch_engine">metasearch engine</a>, inspired by the <a 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. Queries are made using a POST request on every browser (except Chromium-based browsers*). Therefore they show up in neither our logs, nor your url history. In the case of Chromium-based browser users there is an exception: searx uses the search bar to perform GET requests. SearXNG can be added to your browser's search bar; moreover, it can be set as the default search engine. </p> <h2 id='add to browser'>How to set as the default search engine?</h2> <p> SearXNG supports <a href="https://github.com/dewitt/opensearch/blob/master/opensearch-1-1-draft-6.md">OpenSearch</a>. For more information on changing your default search engine, see your browser's documentation: </p> <ul> <li><a href="https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-or-remove-search-engine-firefox">Firefox</a></li> <li><a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4028574/microsoft-edge-change-the-default-search-engine">Microsoft Edge</a></li> <li>Chromium-based browsers <a href="https://www.chromium.org/tab-to-search">only add websites that the user navigates to without a path.</a> </ul> <h2>Where to find anonymous usage statistics of this instance ?</h2> <p> <a href="{{ url_for('stats') }}">Stats page</a> contains some useful data about the engines used. </p> <h2>How can I make it my own?</h2> <p> SearXNG appreciates your concern regarding logs, so take the code from the <a href="{{ searx_git_url }}">SearXNG project</a> and run it yourself! </p> <p> Add your instance to this <a href="{{ get_setting('brand.public_instances') }}"> 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> <h2>Where are the docs & code of this instance?</h2> <p> See the <a href="{{ get_setting('brand.docs_url') }}">SearXNG docs</a> and <a href="{{ searx_git_url }}">SearXNG sources</a> </p> </div> {% include "__common__/aboutextend.html" ignore missing %}