Google Search is the dominant web search engine, built on tracking your queries to personalise results and ads. Self-hosted meta-search engines query other engines for you and strip identifiers, so you get results without a profile attached.
6 open-source alternatives to Google Search you can host yourself, ranked by GitHub stars and updated daily.
| # | App | Category | Stars | Language | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
searxng/searxng
|
Search Engines | 39,464 | Python | today |
| 2 |
searx/searx
|
Search Engines | 13,564 | Python | 6mo |
| 3 |
benbusby/whoogle-search
archived
|
Privacy Frontends Search Engines |
11,554 | Python | 2mo |
| 4 |
yacy/yacy_search_server
|
Search Engines | 4,106 | Java | 8d |
| 5 |
neon-mmd/websurfx
|
Search Engines | 1,231 | Rust | 5d |
| 6 |
hnhx/librex
|
Privacy Frontends Search Engines |
847 | PHP | 2y |