I want to use SearxNG as my daily driver, and I added three instances to my browser’s search engines list. However, I find that all three are down whenever I try to use it, and I inevitably have to look at the list of instances and click the top one just to perform one search. Is there a way to “auto-route” my search through the most reliable instance or something?
My solution to this was to run my own private instance. It’s very easy with docker-compose.
Doesn’t this defeat the privacy of searx because it’s coming from a single IP and a single user?
Does that help with the engine connection errors?
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I’ve never thought of it like that. Another service for the homelab to run.
I still have some issues with Bing from time to time but as far as I can tell that’s because they are changing stuff and the SearXNG devs just need to push a fix.
Can that be done on a mobile device?
You could in theory but hosting it on dedicated hardware will be a much better experience.
This is why I don’t use searxng as my daily driver! I’m too lazy to self host and they’re always down.
Searx.space has a whole bunch of instances. 92 online right now.
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I use search.sapti.me as my instance and I’ve never had an issue with it
i feel this too, i tried using searx for a while and found it really nice but frequently down or broken :/ i’ll try some of the instances suggested here.
