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SearXNG

★ 18k

Privacy-respecting metasearch engine that aggregates results from dozens of sources with zero tracking.

SearXNG does the job of Kagi, self-hosted. It is AGPL-licensed, so a hosted fork has to publish its changes, and it installs in about one command. Kagi bills $10 for it. 18k stars on GitHub.

Open-source replacement for Kagi.

Licence
AGPL-3.0
Self-hosting
Easy
The paid one costs
$10
GitHub stars
18k
view the code →official site →

Is it actually a replacement?

We have not written a verdict on Kagi yet, so this page says what SearXNG is rather than judging what you would give up. When that product gets a page, this one will link to it.

How SearXNG runs

Where it runs

SearXNG runs on your server.

What setup takes

not verified by us yet — check the repo README.

SearXNG questions

Is SearXNG open source?

Yes — it is released under AGPL-3.0.

Can I self-host SearXNG?

Yes — we rate it easy to self-host, and it runs on your server.

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