New app using SearXNG with Material You
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from TheJnx@piefed.social to degoogle@lemmy.ml on 20 Dec 09:37
https://piefed.social/c/degoogle/p/1589114/new-search-engine-app-using-searxng-with-material-you
from TheJnx@piefed.social to degoogle@lemmy.ml on 20 Dec 09:37
https://piefed.social/c/degoogle/p/1589114/new-search-engine-app-using-searxng-with-material-you
Search with SearXNG natively on Android.
searxist (pronounce: searchist) is a simple Android app to wrap SearXNG in a WebView with Material You colors, plus some system integrations.
- š Material You theming
- š System search integration (search bar widget, popup text action)
- š Choose from public SearXNG instances or add your own
- š”ļø Privacy-focused (no unnecessary data collection!)
- š± Supports Android 5+
Source: codeberg.org/Linerly/searxist
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I hope Lawnchair will add this as a search engine
In my experience, the puplic searxng instances I use(d) are broken and only spit out gibberish, if anything at all for a few months.
There are some that work perfectly
Care to share?
https://searx.fmhy.net
Since it is a public instance a lot of people searching make its harder to not get blocked by Googleā¦ I prefer to selfhost mine and me the only one using it.
Thank you!
searx.space
The app itself is great, but it doesnāt currently allow access to instance settings (like selecting which search engines to use). Additionally, SearXNG has been struggling to return Google results lately, which really limits its usefulness at the moment. For now, Iāve found 4get to be a better alternative.
I truly miss the SearXNG of a few months ago, before Google broke it. It was such a fantastic tool, and I hope it can regain its former glory soon.
Some servers work, on top of that you can configure them not to use any other search engine than Google, if I want something purely Google and private I would go for Starpage.
Lately I use Brave Search, it seems to me a little better because it is even independent, if possible I would configure a SearXNG server that uses Braveās engine
Some servers may work, but I specifically want to use my own instance. At the moment, I canāt get Google results working on it, and on top of that, Searxist doesnāt allow me to edit instance preferences anyway.
I still use SearXNG with Startpage and Brave, and most of the time thatās enough for my needs. But when I specifically want Google results, I switch to 4get.
Iāll keep an eye on Searxistās development though. Itās a nice app already, and Iām genuinely curious to see how it evolves
Mmm, I really didnāt know 4get, I thought it was another generic search engine like Metagear, Iāll be trying it for a while, I like that you can switch between different search engines, although the design is a bitā¦. Bizarre haha
The design IS bizarre x) But it works :)
First couple uses and I can easily see this replacing my Firefox search widget on my home screen.
However, when I click the search widget on my home screen, The app launches, but doesnāt put focus on the search bar so I have to manually click it again.
I would recommend having the app launch and the focus immediately going to the search bar within the app when a person clicks on the search widget on their home screen. That way they donāt have to click it again and activate the keyboard to search.
Iāve been using a SearXNG randomizer, but most of the instances it passes to are kinda broken, sadlyā¦ Itād be really really cool if this thingy let you randomize across a selection of instances. Itās already super cool, but thatād be like mindblowingly cool