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Add three new articles to 03-opensource/alternatives/: - SearXNG: private metasearch, Open WebUI integration - FreshRSS: self-hosted RSS, mobile app sync, OPML portability - Gitea: lightweight GitHub alternative, webhook pipeline Article count: 33 → 36. Open source section: 6 → 9. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# SearXNG — Private Self-Hosted Search
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## Problem
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Every search query sent to Google, Bing, or DuckDuckGo is logged, profiled, and used to build an advertising model of you. Even "private" search engines are still third-party services with their own data retention policies.
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## Solution
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[SearXNG](https://github.com/searxng/searxng) is a self-hosted metasearch engine. It queries multiple search engines simultaneously on your behalf — without sending any identifying information — and aggregates the results. The search engines see a request from your server, not from you.
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Your queries stay on your infrastructure.
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## Deployment (Docker)
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```yaml
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services:
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searxng:
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image: searxng/searxng:latest
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container_name: searxng
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restart: unless-stopped
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ports:
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- "8090:8080"
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volumes:
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- ./searxng:/etc/searxng
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environment:
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- SEARXNG_BASE_URL=https://search.yourdomain.com/
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```
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SearXNG requires a `settings.yml` in the mounted config directory. Generate one from the default:
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```bash
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docker run --rm searxng/searxng cat /etc/searxng/settings.yml > ./searxng/settings.yml
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```
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Key settings to configure in `settings.yml`:
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```yaml
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server:
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secret_key: "generate-a-random-string-here"
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bind_address: "0.0.0.0"
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search:
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safe_search: 0
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default_lang: "en"
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engines:
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# Enable/disable specific engines here
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```
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### Caddy reverse proxy
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```
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search.yourdomain.com {
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reverse_proxy localhost:8090
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}
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```
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## Using SearXNG as an AI Search Backend
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SearXNG integrates directly with Open WebUI as a web search provider, giving your local AI access to current web results without any third-party API keys:
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**Open WebUI → Settings → Web Search:**
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- Enable web search
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- Set provider to `searxng`
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- Set URL to `http://searxng:8080` (internal Docker network) or your Tailscale/local address
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This is how MajorTwin gets current web context — queries go through SearXNG, not Google.
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## Why Not DuckDuckGo?
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DDG is better than Google for privacy, but it's still a centralized third-party service. SearXNG:
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- Runs on your own hardware
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- Has no account, no cookies, no session tracking
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- Lets you choose which upstream engines to use and weight
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- Can be kept entirely off the public internet (Tailscale-only)
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## Tags
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#searxng #search #privacy #self-hosting #docker #linux #alternatives
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