## <a href="https://4get.ca/donate">Donate to the project here!</a>

# 4get search
**4get** is a proxy search engine that doesn't suck.

## About 4get
https://4get.ca/about

## Official instance
https://4get.ca , or visit the official instance list: https://4get.ca/instances

_NOT to be confused with 4get.ch, 4get.lol and friends! I **don't** host these._

## Totally unbiased comparison between alternatives

|                            | 4get                    | searx(ng) | whoogle    | degoog                                    |
|----------------------------|-------------------------|-----------|------------|-------------------------------------------|
| RAM usage                  | 100-400mb~              | 400mb-1GB | 100mb      | 100mb-250mb                               |
| Does it suck               | no (debunked by snopes) | yes       | kind of?   | hit and miss with search filters          |
| Does it work               | ye                      | lmao      | shits dead | works $rightNow, it's actually kinda cool |

## 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 shits

tl;dr 4get is the best way to browse for shit.

# Supported websites

| web          | images       | videos       | news         | music      | autocomplete |
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|------------|--------------|
| DuckDuckGo   | DuckDuckGo   | YouTube      | DuckDuckGo   | SoundCloud | Brave        |
| Brave        | Yandex       | Vimeo        | Brave        | Swisscows  | DuckDuckGo   |
| Yandex       | Brave        | Sepia Search | Google       |            | Yandex       |
| Google       | Google       | DuckDuckGo   | Yahoo! JAPAN |            | Google       |
| Google API   | Google API   | Brave        | Startpage    |            | Qwant        |
| Google CSE   | Google CSE   | Yandex       | Baidu        |            | Marginalia   |
| Yahoo! JAPAN | Yahoo! JAPAN | Google       |              |            | YouTube      |
| Startpage    | Startpage    | Yahoo! JAPAN |              |            | SoundCloud   |
| Yep          | Naver        | Startpage    |              |            | Startpage    |
| Mwmbl        | Baidu        | Naver        |              |            | Kagi         |
| Mojeek       | Solofield    | Baidu        |              |            |              |
| Naver        | Pinterest    | Cốc Cốc      |              |            |              |
| Baidu        | Flickr       | Purili       |              |            |              |
| Cốc Cốc      | Pexels       | Solofield    |              |            |              |
| Solofield    | Pixabay      |              |              |            |              |
| Marginalia   | Unsplash     |              |              |            |              |
| Purili       | 500px        |              |              |            |              |
| wiby         | VSCO         |              |              |            |              |
|              | Imgur        |              |              |            |              |
|              | FindThatMeme |              |              |            |              |

# 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.

## License
AGPLv3-only