diff --git a/searx/engines/findfiles.py b/searx/engines/findfiles.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2ce7d8e1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/searx/engines/findfiles.py
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+"""FindFiles.net_ is a Germany-based file search engine.
+
+FindFiles.net_ is a specialized file search engine designed to help you search
+files online with precision. Unlike traditional search engines that mainly index
+web pages, FindFiles focuses on finding real files on the internet - including
+PDFs, documents, archives, videos, datasets, and more.
+
+.. _FindFiles.net: https://findfiles.net
+"""
+
+from os.path import basename
+from urllib.parse import urlencode
+import typing as t
+
+from lxml import html
+
+from searx.result_types import EngineResults
+from searx.utils import extract_text, eval_xpath, eval_xpath_list
+
+if t.TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from extended_types import SXNG_Response
+    from search.processors import OnlineParams
+
+about = {
+    "website": "https://findfiles.net",
+    "wikidata_id": None,
+    "official_api_documentation": None,
+    "use_official_api": False,
+    "require_api_key": False,
+    "results": "HTML",
+}
+
+base_url = "https://findfiles.net"
+categories = ["files"]
+paging = True
+safeserach = True
+
+safesearch_map = {
+    0: "contentguard.off",
+    1: "contentguard.moderate",
+    2: "contentguard.strict",
+}
+
+FindFilesCategory = t.Literal[
+    "all",
+    "document",
+    "text",
+    "image",
+    "audio",
+    "video",
+]
+FINDFILES_CATEGORIES = t.get_args(FindFilesCategory)
+
+findfiles_categ: FindFilesCategory = "all"
+"""Category to search in."""
+
+
+def setup(_: dict[str, t.Any]) -> bool:
+    if findfiles_categ not in FINDFILES_CATEGORIES:
+        raise ValueError("invalid category: %s" % findfiles_categ)
+    return True
+
+
+def request(query: str, params: "OnlineParams") -> None:
+    args = {
+        "query": query,
+        "contentguard": safesearch_map[params["safesearch"]],
+        "page": params["pageno"],
+    }
+    # the language in the path doesn't change anything about the results, it
+    # only changes the UI
+    params["url"] = f"{base_url}/en/serp/{findfiles_categ}/?{urlencode(args)}"
+
+
+def response(resp: "SXNG_Response") -> EngineResults:
+    res = EngineResults()
+
+    dom = html.fromstring(resp.text)
+    if findfiles_categ == "image":
+        for result in eval_xpath_list(
+            dom, "//div[contains(@class, 'image-mosaic')]/div[contains(@class, 'image-item')]"
+        ):
+            res.add(
+                res.types.Image(
+                    url=extract_text(eval_xpath(result, ".//div[contains(@class, 'caption')]/a/@href")) or "",
+                    title=extract_text(eval_xpath(result, ".//div[contains(@class, 'caption')]/a")) or "",
+                    thumbnail_src=extract_text(eval_xpath(result, ".//img/@src")) or "",
+                )
+            )
+    elif findfiles_categ == "video":
+        for result in eval_xpath_list(
+            dom, "//div[contains(@class, 'video-mosaic')]/div[contains(@class, 'video-item')]"
+        ):
+            video_src = extract_text(eval_xpath(result, ".//video/@src")) or ""
+            res.add(
+                res.types.LegacyResult(
+                    template="videos.html",
+                    url=video_src,
+                    title=extract_text(eval_xpath(result, ".//div[contains(@class, 'caption')]/span")) or "",
+                    iframe_src=video_src or "",
+                )
+            )
+    else:
+        for result in eval_xpath_list(dom, "//ol/li[contains(@class, 'result-item')]/article"):
+            filename = basename(extract_text(eval_xpath(result, ".//h3")) or "")
+            res.add(
+                res.types.File(
+                    url=extract_text(eval_xpath(result, ".//h3/a/@href")) or "",
+                    title=filename,
+                    content=" ".join(extract_text(el) or "" for el in eval_xpath_list(result, "./div/span")),
+                    filename=filename,
+                    size=extract_text(eval_xpath(result, "(.//span[@id])[1]")) or "",
+                    embedded=extract_text(eval_xpath(result, ".//audio/@src")) or "",
+                )
+            )
+
+    return res
diff --git a/searx/settings.yml b/searx/settings.yml
index 29cb8e903..1bf37724a 100644
--- a/searx/settings.yml
+++ b/searx/settings.yml
@@ -977,6 +977,34 @@ engines:
     shortcut: fd
     disabled: true
 
+  - name: findfiles
+    engine: findfiles
+    findfiles_categ: all
+    categories: files
+    shortcut: fif
+    disabled: true
+
+  - name: findfiles images
+    engine: findfiles
+    findfiles_categ: image
+    categories: images
+    shortcut: fifi
+    disabled: true
+
+  - name: findfiles videos
+    engine: findfiles
+    findfiles_categ: video
+    categories: videos
+    shortcut: fifv
+    disabled: true
+
+  - name: findfiles music
+    engine: findfiles
+    findfiles_categ: audio
+    categories: music
+    shortcut: fifm
+    disabled: true
+
   - name: findthatmeme
     engine: findthatmeme
     shortcut: ftm