Self-host araa-search
223a63cPrivacy-respecting self-hosted metasearch engine
- Stars
- 335
- Port
- 5000 (HTTP application server)
What is araa-search?
Araa is a privacy-focused metasearch engine you can host on your own server. It fetches search results from Google while routing image searches through Qwant and autocomplete suggestions through DuckDuckGo, all without ads or user tracking. The project provides a full API for integration into third-party applications. It runs as a Flask application served by gunicorn behind nginx, with an installation guide for Ubuntu Server. The UI supports multiple themes (dark and light) and dozens of languages. The official instance runs at araa.extravi.dev, and the code is licensed under AGPL-3.0.
Should you self-host araa-search?
araa-search scores 39/100 on selfhost.directory (how scoring works) and ranks #36 of 41 in Search Engines. It has 335 GitHub stars.
There was no stable release in the past 12 months, so check the repository's recent activity before you rely on it.
Setup is advanced: plan for several services and some ongoing maintenance. It is AGPL-3.0-licensed and written mostly in Python.
Its closest alternative on selfhost.directory is SearXNG (86/100, 38 943 stars). It scores higher overall, so compare the two before you pick. See araa-search vs SearXNG side by side.
Features
- Ad-free results
- Autocomplete via DuckDuckGo
- Full API support
- Image search via Qwant
- Metasearch
- Multi-language Support
- OpenSearch support
araa-search README
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