Privacy Respecting Search Engines
If you are currently using search engines like Google, Bing or Yahoo, you should pick an alternative here.
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title="searx - Decentral"
image="/assets/img/provider/searx.png"
description='An open source metasearch engine, aggregating the results of other search engines while not storing information about its users. No logs, no ads and no tracking. List of Instances or try search.privacytools.io'
website="https://searx.me/"
tor="http://ulrn6sryqaifefld.onion"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-searx/283"
github="https://github.com/asciimoo/searx"
%}
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title="StartPage - Netherlands"
image="/assets/img/provider/StartPage.png"
description="Google search results, with complete privacy protection. Behind StartPage is a European company that has been obsessive about privacy since 2006."
website="https://www.startpage.com/"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-startpage/284"
%}
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title="DuckDuckGo - USA"
image="/assets/img/provider/DuckDuckGo.png"
description='The search engine that doesn\'t track you. Some of DuckDuckGo\'s code is free software hosted at GitHub, but the core is proprietary. The company is based in the USA.'
website="https://duckduckgo.com/"
tor="http://3g2upl4pq6kufc4m.onion"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-duckduckgo/285"
github="https://github.com/duckduckgo"
%}
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title="Qwant - France"
image="/assets/img/provider/Qwant.png"
description='Qwants philosophy is based on two principles: no user tracking and no filter bubble. Qwant was launched in France in February 2013. Privacy Policy.'
website="https://www.qwant.com/"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-qwant/286"
github="https://github.com/Qwant/"
%}
Firefox Addon
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Google search link fix - Firefox extension that prevents Google and Yandex search pages from modifying search result links when you click them. This is useful when
copying links but it also helps privacy by preventing the search engines from recording your clicks. (Open Source)
Worth Mentioning
- YaCy - A free software P2P search engine powered by its users.
- Jive Search - A free software search engine with a similar look and feel to Google.
- MetaGer - An open source metasearch engine, which is based in Germany. It focuses on protecting the user's privacy.
- Mojeek - Independent and unbiased search results with no user tracking.