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Can a search engine be selfhosted?
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this post was submitted on 31 Jul 2023
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I mean, you can easily self host a meta-search engine like Searx, Searx-ng, Whoogle, etc. I run Searx-ng and it sends your queries to multiple engines and aggregates the results for you.
To host your own search engine, you'd need to crawl and index every site. It's certainly doable, but it would take a lot of time /effort.
I agree. Selfhosting a true search engine is way too much work and infeasible for individuals. Meta search engines however are very feasible and a great option.