SearXNG-Web-Extension (Unofficial)

SearXNG

SearXNG is a free Internet metasearch engine that aggregates results from various search services and databases. Users are not tracked or profiled.

SearXNG is a fork of SearX.

Original SearXNG repository on GitHub.

SearXNG instances - you can use other instances of the SearXNG search engine (for this you will need to fork the repository and replace the link for the search query in manifest.json).

How does extension work?

Extension use manifest.json settings which change your main search engine.

Example:

(Default settings)

{
  "chrome_settings_overrides": {
    "search_provider": {
      "search_url": "https://example.com/search?q={searchTerms}"
    }
  }
}

(With addon)

{
  "chrome_settings_overrides": {
    "search_provider": {
      "search_url": "https://searx.be/search?q={searchTerms}"
    }
  }
}

It means that your browser starts to use second link when you make search request.

Tricks with extension

If you want use SearXNG as support to main search engine do this:

1. add this addon into your browser
2. agree when browser shows you "Add this extension?"
3. disagree when browser shows "Do you want change your main search engine?"
4. use keywords like @searxng, @searx, @sx if you want use SearXNG when you make request

Contributors

Erghel - main contributor.

Rodion Borisov - found "suggestion_url" and etc.

Ivan Muzyka - found icons and etc.