SearXNG: A free internet metasearch engine(github.com)
234 points by theanonymousone 17 hours ago | 63 comments
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HN Discussion:
  • Long-time satisfied users endorse SearXNG as their daily search engine despite minor tradeoffs
  • ~Original creator has moved on due to metasearch concept limitations, promoting an alternative project
  • ~Reliability issues with scraping backends like Google and DuckDuckGo cause rate limiting and captchas
  • SearXNG is valuable as a search tool for local AI models and coding agents via MCP integrations
  • Appreciated as a privacy-respecting way to degoogle and avoid unwanted AI features