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Add to SafariWhen comparing Searx vs Siik, the Slant community recommends Searx for most people. In the question“What are the best internet search engines?” Searx is ranked 4th while Siik is ranked 19th. 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 It has news
It has a very cool news section.
Pro It has its own index
It's not a metasearch engine.
Pro Entities search
It shows up entities and descriptions from Wikipedia.
Pro Eye-catching
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 Search results are very limited in scope
