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Anybody out there self hosting Searxing?
(docs.searxng.org)
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Hey, I know you got a ton of replies but yeah, been using searXNG with a custom theme made by me and it's basically identical to google (including the feeling lucky part lol)
Used it for months and it's awesome, haven't missed google at all.
The amazing thing about it is that with an instance of
meilisearchI was able to index all my media libraries/book libraries/game libraries and searching for!home <query>actually sarches within my home lab, which is a huge win for me.Hope this helps give you an idea of how powerful this can be <3