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Marginalia SearchSearXNG
Free

Free to use, with the index and crawler source published under the AGPL.

 Free

Free and open source under the AGPL.

Web Web, Self-hosted
  • Surfaces small, non-commercial and text-heavy websites
  • Discovery tools for browsing beyond direct queries
  • Aggregates dozens of engines, so results are not tied to one company's index
  • Self-hosting keeps queries entirely under your control
  • Deliberately narrow index, not a replacement for a general search engine
  • Small independent project with limited resources
  • Public instances can be rate limited or blocked by upstream engines
  • Running your own instance is ongoing maintenance
Web application Self-hosted, Web application
Open source Open source
License: AGPL-3.0 License: AGPL-3.0
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Needs internet Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 1, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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