About DouglasBot Search
DouglasBot Search is a metasearch engine, aggregating the results of other search engines while not storing information about its users.
Why use it?
- DouglasBot Search may not offer you as personalized results as Google, but it doesn’t generate a profile about you.
- DouglasBot Search doesn’t care about what you search for, never shares anything with a third-party, and can’t be used to compromise you.
- DouglasBot Search is free software; the code is 100% open, and everyone is welcome to make it better.
If you do care about privacy, want to be a conscious user, or otherwise believe in digital freedom, make DouglasBot Search your default search engine or run it on your own server!
How do I set it as the default search engine?
DouglasBot Search supports OpenSearch. For more information on changing your default search engine, see your browser’s documentation:
- Firefox
- Microsoft Edge - Behind the link, you will also find some useful instructions for Chrome and Safari.
- Chromium-based browsers only add websites that the user navigates to without a path.
When adding a search engine, there must be no duplicates with the same name. If you encounter a problem where you cannot add the search engine, you can either:
- Remove the duplicate (default name: DouglasBot Search) or
- Contact the owner to give the instance a different name from the default.
How does it work?
DouglasBot Search is a fork of the well-known searx metasearch engine which was inspired by the Seeks project. It provides basic privacy by mixing your queries with searches on other platforms without storing search data. DouglasBot Search can be added to your browser’s search bar; moreover, it can be set as the default search engine.