Welcome to searx
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Search without being tracked.

Searx is a free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from more than 70 search services. Users are neither tracked nor profiled. Additionally, searx can be used over Tor for online anonymity.

Get started with searx by using one of the `public instances`_. If you don't trust anyone, you can set up your own, see :ref:`installation`.

.. _public instances: https://github.com/asciimoo/searx/wiki/Searx-instances

Features
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 - Self hosted
 - No user tracking
 - No user profiling
 - About 70 supported search engines
 - Easy integration with any search engine
 - Cookies are not used by default
 - Secure, encrypted connections (HTTPS/SSL)
 - Hosted by organisations, such as La Quadrature du Net, which promote digital rights


User documentation
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.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1

   user/search_syntax
   user/own-instance

Administrator documentation
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.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1

   dev/install/installation
   admin/api
   admin/filtron
   admin/morty
   blog/blog

Developer documentation
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.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1

   dev/quickstart
   dev/contribution_guide
   dev/engine_overview
   dev/search_api
   dev/plugins
   dev/translation