diff --git a/searx/templates/simple/base.html b/searx/templates/simple/base.html
index 4baeac206..d0690eb5e 100644
--- a/searx/templates/simple/base.html
+++ b/searx/templates/simple/base.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <html class="no-js theme-{{ preferences.get_value('simple_style') or 'auto' }} center-aligment-{{ preferences.get_value('center_alignment') and 'yes' or 'no' }}" lang="{{ locale_rfc5646 }}" {% if rtl %} dir="rtl"{% endif %}>
 <head>
   <meta charset="UTF-8" />
-  <meta name="description" content="SearXNG — a privacy-respecting, open metasearch engine">
+  <meta name="description" content="SearXNG — a privacy-respecting, hackable metasearch engine">
   <meta name="keywords" content="SearXNG, search, search engine, metasearch, meta search">
   <meta name="generator" content="searxng/{{ searx_version }}">
   <meta name="referrer" content="no-referrer">
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@
 
     <nav id="links_on_top">
       {%- from 'simple/icons.html' import icon_big -%}
+      {%- block linkto_about -%}
+      {%- endblock -%}
+      {%- block linkto_donate -%}
+        {%- if donation_url -%}
+        {%- endif -%}
+      {%- endblock -%}
       {%- block linkto_preferences -%}
         <a href="{{ url_for('preferences') }}" class="link_on_top_preferences">{{ icon_big('menu-outline') }}<span>{{ _('Preferences') }}</span></a>
       {%- endblock -%}
@@ -51,6 +57,23 @@
     {% block content %}
     {% endblock %}
   </main>
+  <footer>
+    <p>
+    {{ _('Powered by') }} <a href="{{ url_for('info', pagename='about') }}">searxng</a> - {{ searx_version }} — {{ _('a privacy-respecting, hackable metasearch engine') }}<br/>
+        <a href="{{ searx_git_url }}">{{ _('Source code') }}</a> |
+        <a href="{{ get_setting('brand.issue_url') }}">{{ _('Issue tracker') }}</a> |
+        <a href="{{ url_for('stats') }}">{{ _('Engine stats') }}</a>
+        {% if get_setting('brand.public_instances') %}
+        | <a href="{{ get_setting('brand.public_instances') }}">{{ _('Public instances') }}</a>
+        {% endif %}
+        {% if get_setting('general.privacypolicy_url') %}
+        | <a href="{{ get_setting('general.privacypolicy_url') }}">{{ _('Privacy policy') }}</a>
+        {% endif %}
+        {% if get_setting('general.contact_url') %}
+        | <a href="{{ get_setting('general.contact_url') }}">{{ _('Contact instance maintainer') }}</a>
+        {% endif %}
+    </p>
+  </footer>
   <!--[if gte IE 9]>-->
   <script src="{{ url_for('static', filename='js/searxng.min.js') }}"></script>
   <!--<![endif]-->
