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Websurfx

Privacy-respecting metasearch engine written in Rust

Search Engines ★ 1.2k stars Easy setup AGPL-3.0

Websurfx is an open-source, privacy-respecting, fast metasearch engine written in Rust that aggregates results from multiple search engines. It is self-hosted with a hot-reloadable theming engine.

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Key features

  • Rust metasearch engine
  • Privacy-respecting
  • Hot-reloadable themes
  • Lightweight

Strengths

  • Released under the AGPL-3.0 license
  • Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Active community (1.2k GitHub stars)

Is Websurfx secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Websurfx'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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