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LibreX

Privacy-respecting metasearch engine and proxy

Search Engines ★ 845 stars Easy setup AGPL-3.0

LibreX is a free, open-source metasearch engine that delivers private search results without ads or tracking. It aggregates results from multiple engines and proxies them for user privacy.

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Key features

  • Ad-free private search
  • Aggregates multiple engines
  • No JavaScript required
  • Lightweight PHP implementation

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Simple to deploy
  • Minimal footprint

Trade-offs

  • Smaller engine selection

Is LibreX secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for LibreX'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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