#1
SearXNG is a privacy-respecting metasearch engine that aggregates results from many search services without tracking or profiling users.
36.1k stars3.3k forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
5 self-hosted DuckDuckGo alternatives
Search engine and browser tools that provide web search and browsing with reduced tracking and profiling. Offers search results without personalized tracking, tracker blocking, private browsing modes, browser extensions/apps, and HTTPS enforcement.
Alternatives to DuckDuckGo
Whoogle Search is a self-hosted, ad-free and privacy-respecting search frontend that removes tracking, ads, AMP links, and other clutter from Google results.
11.6k stars1k forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
#3
YaCy is a self-hostable search engine with crawler and indexing, supporting decentralized P2P search, standalone search portals, and intranet/file search.
4k stars495 forkslast commit Actively maintained
#4
Websurfx is a self-hostable meta search engine in Rust that aggregates results from multiple sources with a modern UI, caching, filtering, and privacy-focused defaults.
1.2k stars128 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
#5
Sosse is a Selenium-powered open-source web crawler and search engine for archiving, indexing, and monitoring dynamic websites.
410 stars25 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
What replacing DuckDuckGo actually involves
Every option on this page is open source and free to run on your own hardware, so you own the data and there is no subscription to cancel. 5 of 5 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: AGPL-3.0, MIT. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.
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