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Add to SafariWhen comparing Searx vs Qwant, the Slant community recommends Searx for most people. In the question“What is the best alternative to Google search?” Searx is ranked 2nd while Qwant is ranked 8th. The most important reason people chose Searx is:
Since you have access to all the .yaml files, you can easily modify it to your needs.
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Pros
Pro Extremely customisable
Since you have access to all the .yaml files, you can easily modify it to your needs.
Pro Can add many search engines
Have a vast choice for choosing search engines
Pro Can use a proxy
Using a proxy called Morty hides the IP address of the user
Pro Most Private Search engine
Since it can be hosted on your own server/ computer, it is very private, nothing leaves your computer.
No cookies or ads too
Pro Very fast
Since it is a Python program with a web interface, it's very very fast even on a poor internet connection
Pro Supports instant answers
Uses Google and Bing, and hence has the 'quick answers' feature of both the search engines.
Pro No user tracking
Pro Has a lite version
Available here.
Pro Hosted in the EU
It uses a strict data regulation law.
Pro Good search results
Pro Ecosystem Qwant Maps, Music, Boards
They are building an ecosystem .
Pro Instant answers
They have like "shortcodes" named instant answers that let you have an answer from the Qwant interface (for example the hash of a word).
Pro Qwick commands (jump to any other search/website)
Use "&g" to jump to google;
&a for amazon;
&tw for twitter;
&ec for ecosia;
… More here.
Pro Private infrastructure and hosting
They own their servers .
Pro Ad free/Merchant independent
So far, Qwant does not sort searches based on Merchant.
Pro No filter bubble
Cons
Con Not very mobile friendly
Needs WSL2 for windows, and works natively on macOS and Linux
But no support for Android or iOS
Con They mainly use Bing results
It's a metasearch engine.
Con Results non accurate as Google
They are not accurate as Google.
Con Based in France
While France is in Europe, the France government can ask for the information from search engine at any time so it's risky too.
Con Not very good Android and iOS app
Con Filter by time restricted to max one month
Some other search engines offer a whole past year.
