Alternatives to Mojeek
An independent UK search engine with its own crawler and index that does not track users. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Mojeek
An independent UK search engine with its own crawler and index that does not track users.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Mojeek.
Brave Search
A private web search engine built on its own independent index, with optional AI answers.
Brave Search also runs its own independent index and adds Goggles for custom ranking and optional AI answers, while remaining free and closed source.
DuckDuckGo Search
A web search engine that does not track or profile its users.
DuckDuckGo Search is free with no profiling and easy to set as default, but shows ads and offers Duck.ai chat on the same site.
Startpage
A web search engine that does not keep search histories and lets you view results anonymously.
Startpage is free and keeps no search histories, adding anonymous viewing of result pages, but may show a bot-check page before loading.
Kagi
A paid, ad-free web search engine with anti-tracking, result customization and an AI assistant.
Kagi requires a paid subscription and account but gives ad-free results with per-site blocking, Lenses filters and an AI assistant.
SearXNG
Self-hosted metasearch engine that aggregates results without profiling you.
SearXNG is open source and self-hostable, aggregating dozens of engines rather than relying on a single independent index.
Qwant
A French web search engine hosted in Europe that says it does not keep search data.
Qwant is hosted in Europe under EU rules and has iOS and Android apps, though result quality varies outside French and European content.
MetaGer
A privacy-focused metasearch engine and anonymous browsing service paid for with a prepaid key.
MetaGer is open source and run by a non-profit but requires a prepaid key, and its metasearch results depend on underlying engines.
Swisscows
A Swiss private search engine with no tracking and results filtered to be family-friendly.
Swisscows is free and Swiss-operated with no tracking, and filters violent and adult content from results, which suits families and schools.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Mojeek as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
4get
A proxying metasearch engine you can use through public instances or host yourself.
Mojeek runs its own UK crawler and index with a no-tracking policy, though its smaller index can return fewer results and it is closed source.
LibreY
A self-hostable privacy-respecting metasearch engine built without frameworks or JavaScript.
Mojeek is a UK engine with its own crawler and index and an API, though its smaller index can return fewer results and it is closed source.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
AmIUnique
A web page that checks whether your browser has a unique fingerprint and how identifiable you are.
BrowserLeaks
A suite of web tests that show what your browser reveals about you and your device.
