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{% extends 'base.html' %}
{% block content %}
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{% include 'github_ribbon.html' %}
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< div class = "row" >
< h1 > About < a href = "/" > searx< / a > < / h1 >
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< p > Searx is a meta-search engine inspired by the < a href = "http://seeks-project.info/" > seeks-project< / a > .
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< br / > It tries to provide basic privacy by mixing your queries with those from others while avoiding storing search data. For all browsers (except chrom*) queries are made using a POST request. Thus they don't show up in our logs, nor in your url history. For Chrom* users there is an exception, searx is used from the search bar, it issues GET requests.
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< br / > You can add it to your browsers search bar and even make it your default search engine.
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< / p >
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< h2 > What makes searx different< / h2 >
< ul >
< li > No ads - searx is Free Software (free-as-in-freedom), funded by your donations< / li >
< li > Privacy - tries to minimalize the digital footprint of the searches< / li >
< li > Optionally self hosted - see the < a href = "#faq" > FAQ< / a > < / li >
< li > Easy to add new engines/categories< / li >
< / ul >
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< h2 > Engines< / h2 >
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{% for (categ,search_engines) in categs %}
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< h3 > {{ categ.capitalize() }}< / h3 >
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< ul >
{% for search_engine in search_engines %}
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{% if not search_engine.private %}
< li > {{ search_engine.name }}< / li >
{% endif %}
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{% endfor %}
< / ul >
{% endfor %}
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< p > Please add more engines to this list, pull requests are welcome!< / p >
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< h2 > < a href = "https://github.com/asciimoo/searx/wiki/Searx-instances" > Running public instances< / a > < / h2 >
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< h2 id = "faq" > FAQ< / h2 >
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< h3 > Trust< / h3 >
< p > It's ok if you don't trust us regarding the logs, < a href = "https://github.com/asciimoo/searx" > take the code< / a > and run it yourself for your friends! decentralize!< / p >
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< h3 > Firefox engines plz?< / h3 >
< p > < a href = "#" onclick = "window.external.AddSearchProvider(window.location.protocol + '//' + window.location.host + '/opensearch.xml')" >
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Install< / a > searx as a search engine on any version of Firefox!< / p >
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< / div >
{% endblock %}