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24 alternatives to searx

A privacy-respecting, hackable metasearch engine

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. searx launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Audiosear.ch 2.0▲131

   One-stop search and recommendation engine for podcasts

   2017 · its alternatives →

2. 2OS
   Open-source search engine with 2bn-page index▲229

   2016 · deusu.org · its alternatives →

3. 3WM
   We made an open-source personalization engine▲284

   Hey, HN! You probably know that the ordering of products on Amazon, posts in FB, and search results in Google is personalized for each visitor, as it directly affects conversion, click rate and engagement. But not everyone can afford to hire an army of PhDs to squeeze every penny out of the ranking, and not everyone agrees on the current (im)balance between privacy and profits. So we built Metarank, an open-source and privacy-focused personalization engine. It can rerank in real-time any type of content, using only the data you allow, and optimize metrics you define. We made a lot of…

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Tesse▲99

   A new interactive search engine with people as results

   2017 · its alternatives →

5. 5CA
   Commento: a fast, privacy-focused alternative to Disqus▲271

   2019 · commento.io · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Audiosear.ch▲198

   Full text search & discovery engine for podcasts

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7RS
   RSS Search Engine▲192

   2019 · search.feedi.me · its alternatives →

8. 8AO
   An open distributed search engine for science▲98

   2014 · juretriglav.si · its alternatives →

9. 9
   KeePassX▲83

   A cross-platform app for secure personal data management

   2017 · its alternatives →

10. 10PA
    Peekier – A new way to search the web▲120

    2016 · peekier.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    URX App Search API▲109

    the first deeplink search engine for developers

    2014 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Whaleslide▲6

    A search engine that protects your privacy

    2017 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Onty▲67

    A connected MindMap for private sharing

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14SF
    Solve for All – customizable, private, hackable search engine▲7

    2016 · solveforall.com · its alternatives →

15. 15WA
    WebMenu, a platform to discover new web apps▲56

    2013 · webmenu.org · its alternatives →

16. 16DA
    Dejavu – a modern, open-source data browser for Elasticsearch▲33

    2016 · appbaseio.github.io · its alternatives →

17. 17AB
    a blog search engine▲27

    2013 · sotosearch.com · its alternatives →

18. 18NF
    New, Fast, Anonymous, Tor-First Search Engine▲9

    2019 · search4tor7txuze.onion · its alternatives →

19. 19WA
    Websurfx – A search engine that gets results from other search engines▲5

    2023 · programming.dev · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Sonar▲14

    A linting tool for the web

    2017 · its alternatives →

21. 21LT
    Lightweight Torrent Search Engine▲13

    2014 · nexxus.io · its alternatives →

22. 22PC
    Privacy conscious, discovery focused search engine – Whize (Alpha)▲6

    2020 · alpha.whize.co · its alternatives →

23. 23HA
    HoundSleuth, a hosted search API with IndexTank support▲11

    2012 · houndsleuth.com · its alternatives →

24. 24IA
    ipfsearch, a decentralized search engine▲11

    2018 · ipfsearch.xyz · its alternatives →

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