# SearXNG

> SearXNG is a free, open-source app you can self-host in the search engines category. Internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from various search services and databases (Fork of Searx). It has 38,014 GitHub stars, is released under the AGPL-3.0 license and ships a Docker image.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/searxng/searxng |
| Website | https://docs.searxng.org/ |
| GitHub stars | 38,014 |
| Forks | 3,467 |
| Open issues | 167 |
| License | AGPL-3.0 |
| License type | Open source |
| Language | Python |
| Docker image | Yes |
| Platforms | Python, Docker |
| Categories | Search Engines |
| Commits, last 12 months | 767 |
| Last commit | Oct 4, 2026 |
| Latest release | No releases |
| Created | Apr 12, 2021 |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained |
| Archived | No |

Topics: metasearch, search, python, searxng, search-engine, searx, bing, brave, degoogle, duckduckgo

## Install

SearXNG ships a Docker image; follow the README at https://github.com/searxng/searxng for the image name and environment variables.

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