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A self-hosted, ad-free, privacy-respecting metasearch engine

27 mentions on Hacker News by 24 people: 10 stories, 17 comments · first 2020-05-10 · latest 2026-10-21

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  1. I like Whoogle ( https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search ), e.g., https://s.tokhmi.xyz/ , and Searx ( https://github.com/searx/searx ), e.g., https://searx.space/ I've also programmed https://metaforecast.org , which aggregates over…
    comment by NunoSempere · 2023-06-15 · in Ask HN: Best search engine alternatives to Google?
  2. …MicroVMs with Tailscale for VPN exit nodes (to bypass various georestrictions) 3. whoogle-search - https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search 4. gitea - https://gitea.com
    comment by yewenjie · 2022-11-18 · in Ask HN: What services/apps are you self-hosting?
  3. …bloat. Would highly recommend it to anyone who likes the results but doesn't like the company. [1] https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search
    comment by cr4nberry · 2022-11-02 · in Is Google getting worse? Why critics say ads, spam sites are killing search
  4. You can also use Whoogle if you’d rather self host. https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search
    comment by vineyardmike · 2022-07-10 · in The world needs a non-profit search engine
  5. or whoogle: https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search (which i love btw)
    comment by flatiron · 2022-01-07 · in Kagi: A Premium Search Engine
  6. Not sure if this is any close to what you’re trying to find, but there’s https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search
    comment by flipdot · 2021-12-02 · in Ask HN: Why doesn't anyone create a search engine comparable to 2005 Google?
  7. I have been using Whoogle search for the last two months: https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search It is "A self-hosted, ad-free, privacy-respecting metasearch engine". Happy with the experience so far.
    comment by decrypt · 2021-11-16 · in Ask HN: Best way to Google? log out first
  8. About the tracking part, you may like to check Whoogle Search - https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search It's Google results without the tracking, and it can be self-hosted.
    comment by decrypt · 2021-10-20 · in Brave Search replaces Google as default search engine in the Brave browser
  9. …speak to whether it shows personalized results today. But, I recently switched to Whoogle Search ( https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search ) which shows Google results but without the tracking. I am happy with it, that I have completely…
    comment by decrypt · 2021-10-20 · in Brave Search replaces Google as default search engine in the Brave browser
  10. I found a self hosted whoogle[0] to be a good middle ground. [0]: https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search
    comment by ornornor · 2021-10-18 · in DuckDuckGo has had 0 search warrants since founding in 2008
  11. Use whoogle then https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search
    comment by schleck8 · 2021-09-28 · in ‎Amplosion: Redirect AMP Links on the App Store
  12. …seem to take 5-6 seconds for search results page. Is this to be expected with self-hosted too? [1] https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search#public-instances
    comment by freediver · 2021-08-27 · in Whoogle Search: A self-hosted, ad-free, privacy-respecting metasearch engine
  13. It's mentioned in their FAQ[1], less config easier to set up [1]: https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search#faq
    comment by bigethan · 2021-08-27 · in Whoogle Search: A self-hosted, ad-free, privacy-respecting metasearch engine
  14. …search (which just strips some tracking but ultimately sends the query to Google nonetheless). - https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search I would be curious if what HN thinks of it. I have experimented with it and it works fine from a…
    comment by yewenjie · 2021-06-22 · in Brave Search beta
  15. Whoogle Search https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search
    comment by AviationAtom · 2020-08-25 · in Searching for 'VK' shows only a single result on DuckduckGo. Why?
  16. I've been using this for a couple months and it's amazing: https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search My own free, private search engine with Google results.
    comment by baggachipz · 2020-08-14 · in Mozilla signs fresh Google search deal
  17. One solution for this, at least for search, would be to use something like https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search
    comment by AsyncAwait · 2020-08-05 · in Latest Firefox rolls out Enhanced Tracking Protection 2.0