Soo, i was searching for a SearXNG alternative since it’s an hassle to customize the UI, it’s also slow and i didn’t found much to be honest
The only things i found is Websurfx which look like vibecoded (at least, the readme look like it was wrote by a clanker and in the contributions there is an AI agent)
Do anyone have any suggestion?
Edit: i’d like to not spend money on a search engine tbh…that’s why i’d like to self-host or use a public instance
Edit 2: i found out about those:
https://github.com/Ahwxorg/LibreY
https://git.bwaaa.monster/omnisearch
Both look promising but i didn’t tried 'em yet
I moved to degoog from SearXNG. It’s quite neat!
Fair bit of AI-generated code, I’m afraid: https://slopscan.ava.pet/repo/https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fdegoog-org%2Fdegoog
Thanks, didn’t know.
No worries. It’s tricky finding decent software these days!
Looks good but some other used talked about it being vibecoded, they linked to other 3 meta search engines (aside from searxng) so it was still useful!
I tried omnisearch (in the links) too but 3 out of the 4 engines didn’t work out of the box. Otherwise it looked good.
LibreY seems to be unmaintained.
So this leaves 4get. While it worked, it seemed to only search one engine at a time, which I didn’t like. This might also be a configuration error on my part.
etools.ch is the least worst one i found
I’il try it thx!
I also have had very little success with SearXNG when I tried it. The results were limited and success was dependent on which instance you were on. I had better results using my usual web based. There were a few instances that were far better than other instances and supplied successful results. A lot of odd and weird results on certain instances that had the vibe of being a front for something else. I eventually stopped using it altogether after determining that to me it was worse.
It’s said a lot that if your need is dire, Kagi is worth the money. My need has not ever been that dire.
Theire 71 instances for searx , result are slow ? ,and it didn work for you ? Explain more please .
Did you just degoogled ?
Otherwise give Metager a try .No, i didn’t fully degoogled yet (still use their shit cuz i need it for professional life) but i try to use only FOSS software when i can
Searx compared to any other search emgine is kinda slower (but i can overlook it if i try to host it with better hardware i guess) and it’s harder than it should be to personalize it
Also, isn’t Metager paid? I’d like to not spend money for service i don’t self-host, is it self-hostable?
I’il look in the link you sent, thx
