Searxng
App in the BluixApps catalog
What it is
SearXNG is a privacy-respecting meta-search engine that aggregates results from Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Wikipedia, and 200+ other engines — without tracking users. Drop-in replacement for Google: same query box, same results, zero profile-building.
It's the search engine for people who realized "Incognito" doesn't mean private, and that DuckDuckGo still calls Bing's API with your IP attached.
What it's for
- Personal search — your daily search engine without tracking
- Family / team deployment — household search engine for shared privacy
- AI agent web search — privacy-friendly search backend for LLM apps
- Research search — aggregate results from multiple engines for completeness
- Educational deployment — search engine for schools under student data privacy laws
Who it's for
- Privacy-conscious individuals rejecting Google / Bing / DuckDuckGo profiling
- AI engineers plugging private web search into LLM agents (n8n, Flowise, OpenHands)
- Schools & universities running search for students under FERPA/GDPR
- Privacy-focused organizations rights groups, journalists, dissidents
- Self-hosters wanting Google-replacement without per-month SaaS cost
Why teams pick SearXNG over alternatives
- No tracking — no cookies, no profile, no logged queries (configurable)
- 200+ search engines — aggregates Google, Bing, Wikipedia, Reddit, GitHub, Stack Overflow
- AGPLv3 — strong copyleft, fully open
- Self-hosted — your VPS, your queries, your privacy
- API support — JSON / RSS output for programmatic search
- Active development — community-driven NG fork of original SearX
Integrations
- AI agent backends — n8n, Flowise, LangChain, Open WebUI use SearXNG for web search
- Output formats — HTML, JSON, RSS, CSV for varied consumers
- Authentication — optional Basic Auth, OAuth via reverse proxy
- Result engines — Google, Bing, DDG, Wikipedia, Reddit, GitHub, Hacker News, 200+ others
- Plugins — Vim mode, infinite scroll, search bangs (!yt, !gh, !so)
- Tor support — optional onion routing for results
- Custom themes — Material, Oscar, Simple, customizable
Notable users & community
- 17k+ GitHub stars
- Hundreds of public instances worldwide
- Active Matrix / IRC community
- Featured in privacy-tool roundups (PrivacyTools, AlternativeTo)
- Fork of original SearX (now unmaintained) with stronger community
Tips & operations
- Rate-limit external API — public instances get hammered; set per-IP limits
- Disable suggestions if traffic is heavy — autocomplete calls upstream engines per keystroke
- Choose engines wisely — some engines (Bing, Brave) require API keys; configure or disable
- Use Redis for caching — repeat queries hit cache, save on upstream API calls
- Set bot detection appropriately — Google blocks public SearXNG instances; tune User-Agent rotation
- Persist
/etc/searxng— settings.yml here; mount volume from day one
What we ship in BluixApps
- Docker compose: SearXNG + Redis cache
- Pinned
searxng/searxng:latest(release-tagged) - HTTPS via Let's Encrypt
- Default engines pre-configured (Google, Bing, DDG, Wikipedia, GitHub, Stack Overflow)
- Rate limiting enabled to prevent abuse
- API endpoint at
/search?format=jsonfor AI agent backends - Backup hook covers settings + theme customization
Get this app — pick a BluixApps plan
Same catalog. Scaling tenant isolation, white-label and support tier.
| Tier | Tenants | Catalog | Support | White-label | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stacks | 1 | 19 curated stacks | Standard | — | $19/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Starter | 10 | Full catalog | Standard | +$15–25/mo | $49/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Pro | 25 | Full catalog | Priority bugfix | +$15–25/mo | $149/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Growth | 100 | Full catalog | Priority bugfix | +$15–25/mo | $349/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Scale | 500 | Full catalog | 7-day window | +$15–25/mo | $799/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Enterprise | Unlimited | Full catalog | Priority 7-day | Bundled | $1,499/mo | DetailDeploy |
