• apis@beehaw.org
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    10 days ago

    Have tried out SearxNG without self-hosting, via different instances, but had to abandon it as it is way, way beyond my mental capabilities to get it to work.

    I doubt I could manage to self-host, having looked into Docker for some other matter.

    Using Mojeek currently, which isn’t great but not too terrible.

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      10 days ago

      Though it is an off-topic but what exact issues you faced with SearxNG?

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        10 days ago

        Well, it worked initially, then more often than not my searches produced no results or confusing error messages.

        Experimented a lot with the SearxNG settings, and also with my browser and firewall settings in case there was some issue there, and eventually gave up.

        I was unable to find information online about the issues I experienced, in part because I had no idea how to describe them in order to find help.

        Think I tried it in three different browsers, over the course of a month or so, but primarily in Firefox.