Resolved issues Docker Migration Complete I have finished migrating to the new Docker setup. Users shouldn't notice any changes. While I was at it, I updated the engine list. The following have been added since last time: * DEVICON: Set of icons for popular software frameworks * Grokipedia: AI-driven Wikipedia alternative * Lucide: Large reposity of
News Migrating to New Docker Setup SearXNG now has a new Docker setup. I am working on migrating to that, so there might be some downtime as I move. Thank you for understanding.
News Now Part of the Brave Creator Network! You can now donate to the site using Brave Rewards! Obviously, this isn't mandatory, but it's appreciated. You can download Brave here: https://brave.com/download/ Even if you don't want to donate, I recommend using Brave anyway thanks to its built-in ad blocker
April Fools Transitioning to Paid Model (April Fools) Hello, We would like to thank you all for using KE0ONU SearXNG since 2023. We know you have enjoyed our free service, but we've gotta keep the lights on! We will be transitioning to a paid model starting on April 31, 2026. The tiers are as follows: Basic:
WOLF FM KE0ONU SearXNG now includes a link to WOLF FM at the top of each page. It mostly plays '80s music, but there are some songs from other decades too. WOLF FM is an internet radio station originally created by Steve Wolf which was popular in the early 2000s. It
New Engines and Cleanup of Old Ones The following engines have been added: Pixabay: Royalty-free media repository. OpenAlex: Repository of scientific papers, authors, and institutions. In addition, the following defunct and unsupported engines have been removed: Yummly Searchcode Additional notes: The Wordnik engine, which was previously a dictionary, has been converted to an answerer.
Resolved issues Resuming Updates I figured out the problem with my Docker setup and fixed it in a way that should let it work on newer containers. I will resume updating the container.
Resolved issues Google Issue Google does not currently yield any results on SearXNG. This is an upstream issue that I can't do anything about on my end. You can read more about the issue here: https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/5286 Until it is resolved, I recommend enabling more engines. Startpage
Resolved issues Halting Updates for Now An update to the SearXNG Docker container has caused the container to consistently crash when starting it with Docker Compose. I will keep this instance on an older version of the container until this is fixed. Update 10-13-25 4:39 PM: I was able to run the Docker container without
Migration Reverted Search queries were taking an average of three times as long to perform on the Springfield server, so I reverted the migration and went back to the setup on the Tampa server. I will optimize the Docker setup on that end soon. I'm not sure why that is.
Migration is Complete The migration to the Springfield server is complete. I also took the opportunity to clean up my configuration and implement a proper docker compose file instead of the janky Bash script I'd been using.
Migrating to Springfield Server To reduce the load on the Tampa server, I am migrating the SearXNG Docker container to the Springfield server.
Frontend is fixed The upstream change was that the codebase was migrated to TypeScript, which broke the custom base.html I'd been using. I have migrated it to TypeScript, so everything should work now.
Frontend is broken Something changed upstream that broke the frontend of my instance. I'm working on fixing it.
New Engines! When SearXNG adds a new engine upstream, you have to manually add it to settings.yml. And it turns out I haven't done that in quite some time. So today, KE0ONU SearXNG now supports almost 50 new engines! When adding them from upstream, I omitted those that caused
Now Using HSTS KE0ONU SearXNG now uses HTTPS Strict Transport Security (HSTS). This ensures that your browser can only interact with the server using HTTPS connections, preventing man-in-the-middle and protocol downgrade attacks.
Minecraft Wiki Hostname Rewrite The Hostnames plugin now replaces the unsupported minecraft.fandom.com wiki with minecraft.wiki.
Introducing Splash Texts! Splash texts, or just "splashes" for short, are little messages that will show up under the search bar of the homepage. A new one will appear every now and then. Splash texts will be suspended out of respect for tragic events.
Plugins Are Back After an update to SearXNG changed the way built-in plugins work, plugins were disabled for a while due to me not re-configuring them. I finally got around to it, and now built-in plugins work again. In case you didn't know, SearXNG has a number of built-in plugins: Calculator
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