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4get search
4get is a proxy search engine that doesn't suck.
About 4get
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 | 200mb-1GB |
| Does it suck | no (debunked by snopes) | yes | kind of? | its kinda cool but no search filters |
| Does it work | ye | lmao | shits dead | works right now... |
Features
- Rotating proxies on a per-scraper basis
- Search filters, which SearxNG lacks for the most part
- Bot protection that actually filters out the bots (when configured)
- Interface doesn't require javascript
- Favicon fetcher with caching support & image proxy
- 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 | Yandex | ||
| DuckDuckGo | Yahoo! JAPAN | ||||
| Google API | Google API | Brave | Startpage | Startpage | |
| Google CSE | Google CSE | Yandex | Qwant | Kagi | |
| Yahoo! JAPAN | Yahoo! JAPAN | Mojeek | Qwant | ||
| Startpage | Startpage | Yahoo! JAPAN | Baidu | Ghostery | |
| Qwant | Qwant | Startpage | Yep | ||
| Ghostery | Baidu | Qwant | Marginalia | ||
| Yep | Solofield | Baidu | YouTube | ||
| Mwmbl | Coc Coc | SoundCloud | |||
| Mojeek | Cara | Solofield | |||
| Baidu | Flickr | ||||
| Coc Coc | Pexels | ||||
| Solofield | Pixabay | ||||
| Marginalia | Unsplash | ||||
| wiby | 500px | ||||
| VSCO | |||||
| Imgur | |||||
| FindThatMeme |
Installation
Refer to the documentation index. I recommend following the apache2 guide.
Contact
Shit breaks all the time but I repair it all the time too. Email me here: will (at) lolcat.ca or create an issue.
License
AGPL