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Whoogle Search

Self-hosted, ad-free, privacy-respecting Google search proxy

Search Engines Archived ★ 11.6k stars Easy setup MIT

This project is archived. Upstream development has stopped, so expect no new features or security fixes. Consider an actively maintained search engines alternative.

Whoogle Search is a lightweight, self-hosted metasearch engine that returns Google results without ads, JavaScript, tracking or cookies. It offers a clean, minimal interface focused on privacy.

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Key features

  • Ad-free Google results
  • No JavaScript or tracking
  • Custom theming and config
  • Works as a browser search engine

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Very lightweight
  • Clean minimal results

Trade-offs

  • Depends on scraping Google

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