searxng/searx/templates/__common__/about.html

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  <h1>About <a href="{{ url_for('index') }}">searx</a></h1>

  <p>
    Searx is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasearch_engine">metasearch engine</a>,
    aggregating the results of other <a href="{{ url_for('preferences') }}">search engines</a>
    while not storing information about its users.
  </p>

  <p>More about searx...</p>

  <ul>
    <li><a href="https://github.com/searx/searx">github</a></li>
    <li><a href="https://twitter.com/Searx_engine">twitter</a></li>
    <li>IRC: #searx @ freenode (<a href="https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.freenode.com/searx">webclient</a>)</li>
    <li><a href="https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/searx/">transifex</a></li>
  </ul>

  <hr />

  <h2>Why use searx?</h2>

  <ul>
    <li>
      Searx may not offer you as personalised results as Google, but it doesn't
      generate a profile about you.
    </li>
    <li>
      Searx doesn't care about what you search for, never shares anything with a
      third party, and it can't be used to compromise you.
    </li>
    <li>
      Searx is free software, the code is 100% open and you can help to make it
      better.  See more on <a href="https://github.com/searx/searx">github</a>.
    </li>
  </ul>

  <p>
    If you do care about privacy, want to be a conscious user, or otherwise
    believe in digital freedom, make searx your default search engine or run it
    on your own server
  </p>

  <h2>Technical details - How does it work?</h2>

  <p>
    Searx is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasearch_engine">metasearch engine</a>,
    inspired by the <a href="https://beniz.github.io/seeks/">seeks project</a>.

    It provides basic privacy by mixing your queries with searches on other
    platforms without storing search data. Queries are made using a POST request
    on every browser (except Chromium-based browsers*).  Therefore they show up 
    in neither our logs, nor your url history. In the case of Chromium-based
    browser users there is an exception: searx uses the search bar to perform GET
    requests.
    
    Searx can be added to your browser's search bar; moreover, it can be set as
    the default search engine.
  </p>

  <h2 id='add to browser'>How to set as the default search engine?</h2>

  <p>
    Searx supports <a href="https://github.com/dewitt/opensearch/blob/master/opensearch-1-1-draft-6.md">OpenSearch</a>.
    For more information on changing your default search engine, see your browser's documentation:
  </p>

  <ul>
    <li><a href="https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-or-remove-search-engine-firefox">Firefox</a></li>
    <li><a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4028574/microsoft-edge-change-the-default-search-engine">Microsoft Edge</a></li>
    <li>Chromium-based browsers <a href="https://www.chromium.org/tab-to-search">only add websites that the user navigates to without a path.</a>
  </ul>

  <h2>Where to find anonymous usage statistics of this instance ?</h2>

  <p>
    <a href="{{ url_for('stats') }}">Stats page</a> contains some useful data about the engines used.
  </p>

  <h2>How can I make it my own?</h2>

  <p>
    Searx appreciates your concern regarding logs, so take the
    code from the <a href="https://github.com/searx/searx">original searx project</a> and
    run it yourself!
  </p>
  <p>
    Add your searx instance to this <a href="{{ brand.PUBLIC_INSTANCES }}"> list
    of public searx instances</a> to help other people reclaim their privacy and
    make the Internet freer! The more decentralized the Internet is, the more
    freedom we have!
  </p>

  <h2>Where are the docs & code of this instance?</h2>

  <p>
    See the <a href="{{ brand.DOCS_URL }}">{{ brand.DOCS_URL }}</a>
    and <a href="{{ brand.GIT_URL }}">{{ brand.GIT_URL }}</a>
  </p>

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