services: searxng: image: searxng/searxng:2026.3.8-a563127a2 container_name: searxng ports: - "8080:8080" volumes: - searxng_data:/etc/searxng environment: - SEARXNG_BASE_URL=https://search.example.com cap_drop: - ALL cap_add: - CHOWN - SETGID - SETUID restart: unless-stopped volumes: searxng_data:
services: searxng: image: searxng/searxng:2026.3.8-a563127a2 container_name: searxng ports: - "8080:8080" volumes: - searxng_data:/etc/searxng environment: - SEARXNG_BASE_URL=https://search.example.com cap_drop: - ALL cap_add: - CHOWN - SETGID - SETUID restart: unless-stopped volumes: searxng_data:
services: searxng: image: searxng/searxng:2026.3.8-a563127a2 container_name: searxng ports: - "8080:8080" volumes: - searxng_data:/etc/searxng environment: - SEARXNG_BASE_URL=https://search.example.com cap_drop: - ALL cap_add: - CHOWN - SETGID - SETUID restart: unless-stopped volumes: searxng_data: - No knowledge panels or direct answers
- No AI-generated summaries
- Image and video search quality depends on source engines
- No integration with Google Maps, Shopping, etc. - Results from multiple engines surface pages Google might demote
- No filter bubble means consistent results regardless of search history
- Technical queries often produce better results (less SEO noise)
- No ads cluttering the first page - Every search query
- Click behavior (which results you click)
- Location data
- Device information
- Cross-site tracking via Google services
- Builds advertising profile across all Google products - No user tracking
- No query logging (when properly configured)
- No IP logging
- Requests to external search engines come from your server, not your browser
- No advertising profile built - Privacy is important to you
- You want ad-free search results
- You want unbiased, non-personalized results
- You're already self-hosting other services
- You want to aggregate results from multiple search engines
- You want to set it as your default browser search engine
- You want API access to search without paying for Google's API - Search quality is your only priority
- You rely on Google Maps, Shopping, or AI Overviews
- You need knowledge panels and direct answers
- You don't want to maintain a server
- You're comfortable with Google's data collection practices - How to Self-Host SearXNG
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- Self-Hosted Google Alternatives
- Best Self-Hosted Search Engines
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