Self hosted search options
from root@lemmy.world to homelab@lemmy.ml on 16 Jan 22:21
https://lemmy.world/post/24362181

For years, I have been using Whoogle for my self-hosted searches. It’s been great, but recently there were some upstream changes that seem to have broken it.

I’m guessing that SearXng will soon follow (based on the assumption that they too are using the JS free results Google used to provide).

Does anyone have any self-hosted search options that still work? I hear Kagi is good for paid/ non-self hosted options, but just curious what you all are using.

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StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.org on 16 Jan 22:31 next collapse

I use SearcXNG. It can use Google on the backend, but in default configuration it uses several different backends. It can also use paid backends if you set it up. Basically if it has a search api, SearXNG can hook into it with the right configuration.

shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml on 16 Jan 22:43 next collapse

Well, since SearXNG aggregates results from more than 70 search engines and not solely Google, it’s a safe bet they’ll be fine regardless of Googles moves. However, sourcing results from Google may be impacted, but they still have many other options built in aside from Google. Whoogle being a proxy only for Google makes it reliant on Google, so their upstream changes will be very noticeable. This being the case, I’d say switching to SearXNG is going to be the best move as it has redundancy built in making it not dependent on any one engine.

sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al on 16 Jan 23:18 next collapse

Just installed SearXNG the other day and have been loving my little private instance.

root@lemmy.world on 17 Jan 01:12 next collapse

Are you using the Docker image or the stand alone? Pretty straight forward setup?

sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al on 17 Jan 08:08 collapse

Docker and very straightforward. I would argue it’s easier to set up than using their installation script.

root@lemmy.world on 17 Jan 19:36 collapse

Gave it a shot, it’s been working pretty well so far. Only issue is that Firefox seems to want to use localhost instead of the IP address when I make it a default search engine.

sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al on 17 Jan 20:00 collapse

Yeah, to fix that I’ve had to employ the Redirector add-on. Slightly annoying but no big deal.

root@lemmy.world on 17 Jan 23:09 collapse

Just a heads up that I found another way to get this working. Have a good weekend!

ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com on 17 Jan 02:51 collapse

Is it lightweight?

sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al on 17 Jan 08:08 collapse

Very.

ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com on 17 Jan 11:20 collapse

Then I’ll try it too. I’ve been using distroot

sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al on 17 Jan 13:59 collapse

Lemme know how you get on

scroll_responsibly@lemmy.sdf.org on 17 Jan 03:36 next collapse

Is Yacy still a thing?

scottmeme@sh.itjust.works on 17 Jan 07:32 collapse

There was an update tonight to patch it using another user agent.