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Araa Search

Privacy-respecting self-hosted Google metasearch engine

Search Engines ★ 333 stars Easy setup GPL-3.0

Araa Search is a privacy-respecting, ad-free, self-hosted Google metasearch engine with full API support. It uses Qwant for images and DuckDuckGo for autocomplete, and runs as a small container.

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Key features

  • Privacy metasearch
  • No ads or tracking
  • Full API support
  • Self-hostable

Strengths

  • Released under the GPL-3.0 license
  • Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Written in Python

Is Araa Search secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Araa Search's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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