I have used SearXNG for a while, but I switched to LibreX after the search engine started glitching. Recently, though, LibreX has stopped returning any results. I am currently on Mojeek, but the results aren’t that great.
I have also tried Qwant, but I wasn’t too keen on it. Startpage will be impractical, as I use a VPN and this engine often blocks me because of it. I don’t want to use Brave Search for a number of reasons. MetaGer has too many important features behind its paywall. I’m not sure about DuckDuckGo, but I could use it if there was no other option.
Any suggestions, or am I being too picky?
Can anyone else endorse this? Looking for an alternative to duckduckgo. Thanks
I’d say give SearXNG another try. Whats the issue exactly?
I used SearXNG for over a month but found myself routinely returning to Google for either tech problem searches or because it was returning irrelevant results for homonyms.
I would love to return to it. Do you have any tips for better search results?
- Depending on your language, use language codes like
:enor:de. Very important if your native language isn’t English. - You can choose the search engine using DDG shebangs like
!g(or redirect yourself to Google using!!g - If SearxNG using Google gives you much worse results, it just means Google has that much info about you. Nonetheless, that’s not my experience
If SearXNG worked for you, why not use a more stable instance?
I primarily use DuckDuckGo, and occasionally have to use a !bang to get to the Startpage or Google.
I use Brave Search, it’s quite good imo
