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<h2>Technical details - How does it work?</h2>
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Searx is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasearch_engine">metasearch engine</a>,
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inspired by the <a href="https://beniz.github.io/seeks/">seeks project</a>.
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It provides basic privacy by mixing your queries with searches on other
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platforms without storing search data. Queries are made using a POST request
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on every browser (except chrome*). Therefore they show up in neither our
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logs, nor your url history. In case of Chrome* users there is an exception,
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searx uses the search bar to perform GET requests.
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Searx can be added to your browser's search bar; moreover, it can be set as
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the default search engine.
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<h2>Why use searx?</h2>
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better. See more on <a href="https://github.com/asciimoo/searx">github</a>.
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If you do care about privacy, want to be a conscious user, or otherwise
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believe in digital freedom, make searx your default search engine or run it
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on your own server
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<h2 id='add to browser'>Can it be set as the default search engine?</h2>
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<h2>Technical details - How does it work?</h2>
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<p>
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Searx is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasearch_engine">metasearch engine</a>,
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inspired by the <a href="https://beniz.github.io/seeks/">seeks project</a>.
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It provides basic privacy by mixing your queries with searches on other
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platforms without storing search data. Queries are made using a POST request
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on every browser (except chrome*). Therefore they show up in neither our
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logs, nor your url history. In case of Chrome* users there is an exception,
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searx uses the search bar to perform GET requests.
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Searx can be added to your browser's search bar; moreover, it can be set as
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the default search engine.
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<h2 id='add to browser'>How to set as the default search engine?</h2>
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<dt>Firefox</dt>
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searx as a search engine on any version of Firefox! (javascript required)
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<h2>How to debug engines?</h2>
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<h2>Where to find anonymous usage statistics of this instance ?</h2>
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<a href="{{ url_for('stats') }}">Stats page</a> contains some useful data about the engines used.
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Searx appreciates your concern regarding logs, so take the
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code from the <a href="https://github.com/asciimoo/searx">orgin searx projekct</a> and
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code from the <a href="https://github.com/asciimoo/searx">orgin searx project</a> and
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run it yourself!
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