SearXNG Meta Search Engine

A self-hosted meta search engine running in Docker, aggregating results from multiple search engines.

Quick Start

# Start services
docker compose up -d

# Access the interface
# Visit http://localhost:8080

Project Structure

searxng/
├── docker-compose.yml       # Container orchestration
├── .env                    # Environment variables
├── core-config/
│   └── settings.yml        # Main configuration
└── .env.example            # Environment template

Configuration

Environment Variables

Variable	Description	Default
SEARXNG_VERSION	Docker image tag	latest
SEARXNG_HOST	Listen address	-
SEARXNG_PORT	Listen port	8080

Main Settings (settings.yml)

• Server: Port 8888 (internal), exposed on 8080
• Search: SafeSearch level 0 (none), no autocomplete by default
• UI: Simple theme, auto dark mode support
• Outgoing: 3s timeout, HTTP/2 enabled

Enabled Search Engines

General

• arch linux wiki, arxiv, bandcamp, brave, currency converter
• duckduckgo, google, wikipedia, wikidata, yandex

Images

• bing images, duckduckgo images, flickr, openverse, pexels, pixabay

Videos

• bing videos, duckduckgo videos, google videos, piped

News

• bing news, duckduckgo news, google news, qwant news, reuters

IT / Development

• github, gitlab, stackoverflow,MDN, docker hub

Science

• arxiv, crossref, openalex, pubmed, semantic scholar

Maps & Weather

• openstreetmap

Music

• deezer, soundcloud, mixcloud

Available Plugins

The following plugins are enabled by default:

• Calculator (searx.plugins.calculator)
• Hash Generator (searx.plugins.hash_plugin)
• Self Info (searx.plugins.self_info)
• Unit Converter (searx.plugins.unit_converter)
• AHMIA Filter (searx.plugins.ahmia_filter)
• Hostnames (searx.plugins.hostnames)
• Time Zone (searx.plugins.time_zone)
• Tracker URL Remover (searx.plugins.tracker_url_remover)

Management

# Restart services
docker compose restart

# Stop services
docker compose down

# View logs
docker logs searxng-core

# Update image
docker compose pull
docker compose up -d

Ports

Service	Internal Port	External Port
searxng-core	8888	8080
valkey (cache)	6379	- (not exposed)

Documentation

• Official Docs
• Settings Guide
• Engine List

License

This project is for local/private use. SearXNG is AGPL licensed. See searxng/searxng for details.