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<h1>Welcome to searx<a class="headerlink" href="#welcome-to-searx" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p>Search without being tracked.</p>
<p>Searx is a free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from more than 70 search services. Users are neither tracked nor profiled. Additionally, searx can be used over Tor for online anonymity.</p>
<p>Get started with searx by using one of the <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/asciimoo/searx/wiki/Searx-instances">public instances</a>. If you don’t trust anyone, you can set up your own, see <a class="reference internal" href="dev/install/installation.html#installation"><span class="std std-ref">Installation</span></a>.</p>
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<li>No user tracking</li>
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<li>About 70 supported search engines</li>
<li>Easy integration with any search engine</li>
<li>Cookies are not used by default</li>
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<li>Hosted by organisations, such as La Quadrature du Net, which promote digital rights</li>
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