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Add to SafariWhen comparing Searx vs Metager, the Slant community recommends Metager for most people. In the question“What are the best internet search engines?” Metager is ranked 2nd while Searx is ranked 4th.
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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 Open source
Pro Allows to visit search results anonymously
Pro Run by a non profit organisation dedicated to privacy and data protection
Pro Tor network service
Gives access within Tor.
Pro Supports easy search in open-street-map
Locations can be shown on open-street-map.
Pro Really fast
It displays only what you need and no more.
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 Uses only Bing and Ecosia results
The latter of which could be their own crawler.
