4get search
4get is a proxy search engine that doesn't suck.
About 4get
Official instance
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
- 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 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 | Yandex | ||
| Yandex | Startpage | ||||
| Startpage | Startpage | Qwant | Startpage | ||
| Qwant | Qwant | Startpage | Mojeek | Qwant | |
| Yep | Yep | Qwant | Yep | ||
| Greppr | Imgur | Marginalia | |||
| Crowdview | FindThatMeme | YouTube | |||
| Mwmbl | Soundcloud | ||||
| Mojeek | |||||
| Marginalia | |||||
| wiby | |||||
| Curlie |
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