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Self-hosting SearXNG
(lemmy.ml)
A place to share alternatives to popular online services that can be self-hosted without giving up privacy or locking you into a service you don't control.
Beginning of January 1st 2024 this rule WILL be enforced. Posts that are not tagged will be warned and if not fixed within 24h then removed!
Yes, searxng is indeed making requests to all configured search engines.
The intended use of searxng is to proxy searches for many users, making tracking individuals difficult for the search engines, since everyone's data is mixed together.
Using searxng does however also bring some benefits if used by one person only:
I personally use a private instance mostly because I like the simple search results page.