SearXNG
Internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from various search services and databases (Fork of Searx).
Actively maintained with regular releases.
Commit activity more than 73% of tracked projects; popularity more than 94%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 38k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | — |
| Repo updated | 25 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Built with | Python, Docker |
Is SearXNG actively maintained?
Over the last 11 months the project absorbed 715 commits, of which 237 arrived in the most recent quarter — roughly 79 commits a month.
No tagged releases are published, so there is no stable version to pin to — you would deploy from the default branch or a container image built from it.
Note that SearXNG depends on a third-party service to work fully. It is self-hosted, but not self-contained: if that external service changes its terms or disappears, your instance is affected.
SearXNG ranks #5 of 16 in Search Engines, placing it mid-table for maintenance activity.
What SearXNG actually does
SearXNG is an open-source internet metasearch engine that combines queries from multiple external search services and databases into a single interface. As a fork of Searx, it aims to provide aggregated search results while routing requests through a self-hosted instance to improve privacy.
Best fit: It is a good fit if you want to eliminate third-party tracking from your web searches by routing your queries through your own infrastructure.
Worth knowing: You may face reliability issues when upstream search services change their scraping protections, which can break specific result fetchers until updates are applied.
Deployment notes
Deployment is typically handled via Docker containers, and you will usually need to configure a reverse proxy in front of the application to handle TLS termination.
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