#language en ##TAG:TRANSLATION-HEADER-START ~- [[FreedomBox/Manual/Searx|English]] - [[es/FreedomBox/Manual/Searx|Español]] - [[DebianWiki/EditorGuide#translation|(+)]] -~ ##TAG:TRANSLATION-HEADER-END <> ## BEGIN_INCLUDE == Searx (Web Search) == || {{attachment:Searx-icon_en_V01.png|Searx icon}} || '''Available since''': version 0.24.0 === About Searx === Searx is a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasearch_engine|metasearch engine]]. A metasearch engine aggregates the results from various search engines and presents them in a unified interface. Read more about Searx on their [[https://asciimoo.github.io/searx/|official website]]. === Screenshot === {{attachment:searx-screenshot.png|Searx Screenshot|width=800}} === Screencast === [[attachment:Searx.webm|Searx installation and first steps|&do=get]] (14 MB) === Why use Searx? === ==== Personalization and Filter Bubbles ==== Search engines have the ability to profile users and serve results most relevant to them, putting people into [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filter_bubble|filter bubbles]], thus distorting people's view of the world. Search engines have a financial incentive to serve interesting advertisements to their users, increasing their chances of clicking on the advertisements. A metasearch engine is a possible solution to this problem, as it aggregates results from multiple search engines thus bypassing personalization attempts by search engines. Searx avoids storing cookies from search engines as a means of preventing tracking and profiling by search engines. ==== Advertisement filtering ==== Searx filters out advertisements from the search results before serving the results, thus increasing relevance the of your search results and saving you from distractions. ==== Privacy ==== Searx uses HTTP POST instead of GET by default to send your search queries to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_search_engine|search engines]], so that anyone snooping your traffic wouldn't be able to read your queries. The search queries wouldn't stored in browser history either. '''Note:''' Searx used from Chrome browser's omnibar would make GET requests instead of POST. === Searx on FreedomBox === * Searx on !FreedomBox uses Single Sign On. This means that you should be logged in into your !FreedomBox in the browser that you're using Searx. * SearX is easily accessible via Tor. * Searx can be added as a search engine to the Firefox browser's search bar. See [[https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-or-remove-search-engine-firefox|Firefox Help]] on this topic. Once Searx is added, you can also set it as your default search engine. * Searx also offers search results in csv, json and rss formats, which can be used with scripts to automate some tasks. === External links === * Website: https://searx.me * User documentation: https://searx.github.io/searx/user/index.html ## END_INCLUDE Back to [[FreedomBox/Features|Features introduction]] or [[FreedomBox/Manual|manual]] pages. <> ---- CategoryFreedomBox