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4get is a proxy search engine that doesn't suck.

About 4get

https://4get.ca/about

Official instance

https://4get.ca , or visit the official instance list: https://4get.ca/instances

Totally unbiased comparison between alternatives

4get searx(ng) libreY araa hearch
RAM usage 200-400mb~ 2GB~ 200-400mb~ 2GB~ idk
Does it suck no (debunked by snopes) yes yes a little better than searx
Does it work ye sometimes sometimes sometimes yes

Features

  1. Rotating proxies on a per-scraper basis
  2. Search filters, which SearxNG lacks for the most part
  3. Bot protection that actually filters out the bots (when configured)
  4. Interface doesn't require javascript
  5. Favicon fetcher with caching support & image proxy
  6. Bunch of other shit

tl;dr the best way to actually browse for shit.

Supported websites

Web Images Videos News Music Autocompleter
DuckDuckGo DuckDuckGo YouTube DuckDuckGo Soundcloud Brave
Brave Brave DuckDuckGo Brave DuckDuckGo
Yandex Yandex Brave Google Yandex
Google Google Yandex Startpage Google
Startpage Startpage Google Qwant Startpage
Qwant Qwant Startpage Mojeek Kagi
Ghostery Yep Qwant Qwant
Yep Solofield Solofield Ghostery
Greppr Imgur Yep
Crowdview FindThatMeme Marginalia
Mwmbl YouTube
Mojeek Soundcloud
Solofield
Marginalia
wiby
Curlie

Installation

Refer to the documentation index. I recommend following the apache2 guide.

Contact

Shit breaks all the time but I repair it all the time too... Email me here: will (at) lolcat.ca or create an issue.

License

AGPL