[](https://ko-fi.com/W7W2OZK5H) # 4get search **4get** is a proxy search engine that doesn't suck. ## About 4get https://4get.ca/about ## Try it out https://4get.ca ## Totally unbiased comparison between alternatives | | 4get | searx(ng) | librex | araa | |----------------------------|-------------------------|-----------|-------------|-----------| | RAM usage | 200-400mb~ | 2GB~ | 200-400mb~ | 2GB~ | | Does it suck | no (debunked by snopes) | yes | yes | a little | | Does it work | ye | sometimes | no | sometimes | | Did the dev commit suicide | not until my 30s | no | allegedly | no | ## Features 1. Rotating proxies on a per-scraper basis 2. Search filters, which SearxNG lacks for the most part 3. Bot protection that *actually* filters out the bots (when configured) 4. Interface doesn't require javascript 5. Favicon fetcher with caching support & image proxy 6. Bunch of other shit tl;dr the best way to actually browse for shit. # Supported websites | Web | Images | Videos | News | Music | Autocompleter | |------------|--------------|------------|------------|------------|---------------| | DuckDuckGo | DuckDuckGo | YouTube | DuckDuckGo | Soundcloud | Brave | | Brave | Brave | DuckDuckGo | Brave | | DuckDuckGo | | Yandex | Yandex | Brave | Google | | Yandex | | Google | Google | Yandex | Qwant | | Google | | Qwant | Qwant | Google | Mojeek | | Yep | | Yep | Pinterest | Qwant | | | Marginalia | | Crowdview | Yep | | | | YouTube | | Mwmbl | Imgur | | | | Soundcloud | | Mojeek | FindThatMeme | | | | | | Marginalia | | | | | | | wiby | | | | | | | Curlie | | | | | | # Installation Refer to the <a href="https://git.lolcat.ca/lolcat/4get/src/branch/master/docs/">documentation index</a>. I recommend following the <a href="https://git.lolcat.ca/lolcat/4get/src/branch/master/docs/apache2.md">apache2 guide</a>. ## Contact Shit breaks all the time but I repair it all the time too... Email me here: <b>will (at) lolcat.ca</b> or create an issue.