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< h1 > Welcome to SearXNG< a class = "headerlink" href = "#welcome-to-searxng" title = "Link to this heading" > ¶< / a > < / h1 >
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< div > < p > < em > Search without being tracked.< / em > < / p >
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< p > SearXNG is a free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from up
to 215 < a class = "reference internal" href = "user/configured_engines.html#configured-engines" > < span class = "std std-ref" > search services< / span > < / a > . Users
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< p > Get started with SearXNG by using one of the instances listed at < a class = "reference external" href = "https://searx.space" > searx.space< / a > .
If you don’ < a class = "reference internal" href = "admin/installation.html#installation" > < span class = "std std-ref" > Installation< / span > < / a > .< / p >
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< li > < p > < a class = "reference internal" href = "own-instance.html#searxng-protect-privacy" > < span class = "std std-ref" > no user tracking / no profiling< / span > < / a > < / p > < / li >
< li > < p > script & cookies are optional< / p > < / li >
< li > < p > secure, encrypted connections< / p > < / li >
< li > < p > < a class = "reference internal" href = "user/configured_engines.html#configured-engines" > < span class = "std std-ref" > 215 search engines< / span > < / a > < / p > < / li >
< li > < p > < a class = "reference external" href = "https://translate.codeberg.org/projects/searxng/searxng/" > 58 translations< / a > < / p > < / li >
< li > < p > about 70 < a class = "reference external" href = "https://uptime.searxng.org/" > well maintained< / a > instances on < a class = "reference external" href = "https://searx.space" > searx.space< / a > < / p > < / li >
< li > < p > < a class = "reference internal" href = "dev/engines/demo/demo_online.html#demo-online-engine" > < span class = "std std-ref" > easy integration of search engines< / span > < / a > < / p > < / li >
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< p > SearXNG is driven by an open community, come join us! Don’
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< p > SearXNG development has been started in the middle of 2021 as a fork of the
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