How many of you have tried using SearXNG? Itโs a meta search engine that pull data from a number of sources before ranking and displaying them. I really like the cached feature that tries to load the internet archive copy of the page.
Spun up the container about a week ago. Made it my default search in Firefox. So far Iโve been happy with the quality of the results although I will admit there is a perceptible lag when submitting searches, compared to google/bing/etcโฆ I imagine thatโs mostly to do with the fact that itโs waiting on multiple search engines to fill my request.
I do like it so far. I figure with some tuning I could get the response time down.
I got a private instance going a few months ago and I really like it. Itโs just a little slow cause it runs on a Pi (my only 24/7 device at the moment). The hostname rewrite feature is cool and Iโll have to check out the archive cache feature.
I also use a public instance at work and itโs way more effective than the bloated corporate search engines. Super handy for engine or language specific searches too.
