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44<h1>Welcome to searx<a class="headerlink" href="#welcome-to-searx" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
46<div><p><em>Search without being tracked.</em></p>
48<p>Searx is a free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from more
49than 70 search services. Users are neither tracked nor profiled. Additionally,
50searx can be used over Tor for online anonymity.</p>
51<p>Get started with searx by using one of the <a class="reference external" href="https://searx.space">Searx-instances</a>. If you don’t trust
52anyone, you can set up your own, see <a class="reference internal" href="admin/installation.html#installation"><span class="std std-ref">Installation</span></a>.</p>
54<p class="sidebar-title">Features</p>
56<li><p>Self hosted</p></li>
57<li><p>No user tracking</p></li>
58<li><p>No user profiling</p></li>
59<li><p>About 70 supported search engines</p></li>
60<li><p>Easy integration with any search engine</p></li>
61<li><p>Cookies are not used by default</p></li>
62<li><p>Secure, encrypted connections (HTTPS/SSL)</p></li>
63<li><p>Hosted by organizations, such as <em>La Quadrature du Net</em>, which promote
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