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34 lines
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This app packages searx version <upstream>1.0.0</upstream>.
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### About
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Searx is a [metasearch engine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasearch_engine), aggregating the results of other [search engines]({{ url_for('preferences') }}) while not storing information about its users.
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### Why use searx?
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* searx may not offer you as personalised results as Google, but it doesn't generate a profile about you
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* searx doesn't care about what you search for, never shares anything with a third party, and it can't be used to compromise you
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* searx is free software, the code is 100% open and you can help to make it better. See more on [github](https://github.com/asciimoo/searx)
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If you do care about privacy, want to be a conscious user, or otherwise believe in digital freedom, make searx your default search engine or run it on your own server
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### Technical details - How does it work?
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Searx is a [metasearch engine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasearch_engine), inspired by the [seeks project](https://beniz.github.io/seeks/).
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It provides basic privacy by mixing your queries with searches on other platforms without storing search data. Queries are made using a POST request on every browser (except chrome*). Therefore they show up in neither our logs, nor your url history. In case of Chrome* users there is an exception, searx uses the search bar to perform GET requests.
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Searx can be added to your browser's search bar; moreover, it can be set as the default search engine.
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### How can I make it my own?
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Searx appreciates your concern regarding logs, so take the [code](https://github.com/asciimoo/searx) and run it yourself!
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Add your Searx to this [list](https://github.com/asciimoo/searx/wiki/Searx-instances) to help other people reclaim their privacy and make the Internet freer!
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The more decentralized the Internet is, the more freedom we have!
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### More about searx
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* [github](https://github.com/asciimoo/searx)
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* [ohloh](https://www.ohloh.net/p/searx/)
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* [twitter](https://twitter.com/Searx_engine)
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* IRC: #searx @ freenode ([webclient](https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.freenode.com/searx))
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* [transifex](https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/searx/)
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