[GH-ISSUE #1367] [FEAT]: Add Searxng as web search provider for agent to use (free and unrestricted) #866

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opened 2026-02-22 18:21:52 -05:00 by yindo · 5 comments
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Originally created by @savareyhano on GitHub (May 12, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm/issues/1367

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Add Searxng as the web search provider for agent to use, it is used in popular github projects like Perplexica, and LLocalSearch.
I think this would be great alternative to Google and Serper, because if i'm not mistaken it is free and not restricted with maybe a caveat (after seeing how Perplexica works) it need to be locally hosted (more resource usage probably).

Originally created by @savareyhano on GitHub (May 12, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm/issues/1367 ### What would you like to see? Add Searxng as the web search provider for agent to use, it is used in popular github projects like [Perplexica](https://github.com/ItzCrazyKns/Perplexica), and [LLocalSearch](https://github.com/nilsherzig/LLocalSearch). I think this would be great alternative to Google and Serper, because if i'm not mistaken it is free and not restricted with maybe a caveat (after seeing how Perplexica works) it need to be locally hosted (more resource usage probably).
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@timothycarambat commented on GitHub (May 12, 2024):

The best we could do here is connect to someones running instance of Seachxng. So it would basically just be a third party provider for search support.

@timothycarambat commented on GitHub (May 12, 2024): The best we could do here is connect to someones running instance of `Seachxng`. So it would basically just be a third party provider for search support.
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@savareyhano commented on GitHub (May 12, 2024):

The best we could do here is connect to someones running instance of Seachxng. So it would basically just be a third party provider for search support.

Yeah i think that would be good too, because creating own searxng instances would require docker (correct me if i'm wrong) and all stuff that might complicate the application unnecessarily.

User can host his own searxng instance or by using someone else instance and AnythingLLM connects into it sounds more reasonable to me.

@savareyhano commented on GitHub (May 12, 2024): > The best we could do here is connect to someones running instance of `Seachxng`. So it would basically just be a third party provider for search support. Yeah i think that would be good too, because creating own searxng instances would require docker (correct me if i'm wrong) and all stuff that might complicate the application unnecessarily. User can host his own searxng instance or by using someone else instance and AnythingLLM connects into it sounds more reasonable to me.
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@jaschadub commented on GitHub (May 12, 2024):

I run a local docker container of searxng since most public ones do not provide json results. Plus I can customize which search engines it queries in config. Example config: https://gist.github.com/jaschadub/65edd6b158eddb7b2c1da41e25820c6d

@jaschadub commented on GitHub (May 12, 2024): I run a local docker container of searxng since most public ones do not provide json results. Plus I can customize which search engines it queries in config. Example config: https://gist.github.com/jaschadub/65edd6b158eddb7b2c1da41e25820c6d
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@timothycarambat commented on GitHub (May 20, 2024):

connect #1327

@timothycarambat commented on GitHub (May 20, 2024): connect #1327
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@olariuromeo commented on GitHub (Jun 20, 2024):

Nice, so how we can add this search to the app?

@olariuromeo commented on GitHub (Jun 20, 2024): Nice, so how we can add this search to the app?
yindo changed title from [FEAT]: Add Searxng as web search provider for agent to use (free and unrestricted) to [GH-ISSUE #1367] [FEAT]: Add Searxng as web search provider for agent to use (free and unrestricted) 2026-06-05 14:37:38 -04:00
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Reference: Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm#866