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Welcome to SearXNG
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  *Search without being tracked.*

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

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

.. sidebar::  features

   - :ref:`self hosted <installation>`
   - :ref:`no user tracking / no profiling <SearXNG protect privacy>`
   - script & cookies are optional
   - secure, encrypted connections
   - :ref:`about 130 search engines <configured engines>`
   - `about 60 translations <https://translate.codeberg.org/projects/searxng/searxng/>`_
   - about 100 `well maintained <https://uptime.searxng.org/>`__ instances on searx.space_
   - :ref:`easy integration of search engines <demo online engine>`
   - professional development: `CI <https://github.com/searxng/searxng/actions>`_,
     `quality assurance <https://dev.searxng.org/>`_ &
     `automated tested UI <https://dev.searxng.org/screenshots.html>`_

.. sidebar:: be a part

   SearXNG is driven by an open community, come join us!  Don't hesitate, no
   need to be an *expert*, everyone can contribute:

   - `help to improve translations <https://translate.codeberg.org/projects/searxng/searxng/>`_
   - `discuss with the community <https://matrix.to/#/#searxng:matrix.org>`_
   - report bugs & suggestions
   - ...

.. sidebar:: the origin

   SearXNG development has been started in the middle of 2021 as a fork of the
   searx project.


.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2
   :caption: Contents

   user/index
   own-instance
   admin/index
   dev/index
   utils/index
   src/index

.. _searx.space: https://searx.space
